Daffodils are perfect for me.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I post a picture and just a few words.
We've established before that I am very not awesome at gardening, but despite that fact, our daffodils manage to be beautiful each year. (Mostly because they require no attention. 😉 )
And voles don't eat them, which is the main survival requirement for anything in our yard.
P.S. I found this helpful list of bulbs that voles hate. Based on this, I'm definitely not wasting money on tulips anymore and I think I might add some muscari to our yard this fall.
My mother, who is a master gardener, once commented that she'd know she was rich if she had so many daffodils she could cut as many as she wanted and never notice a difference in the garden. 🙂
As for muscari, aka grape hyacinths, I really enjoy planting them so they spread into the grass. It's so pretty seeing them spread through the yard. They are typically done blooming when it's time to start mowing.
I am looking at these photos and thinking....and we....woke up to...snow! Sigh I think it will be a few more weeks until we see the daffodils around our parts.
Those are beautiful!!! We just moved to Charleston from San Antonio and I am so happy to see all of the daffodils! I was never able to grow them in TX and I cannot wait to get started with daffodils and paperwhites in the fall!
I live in the Houston, Tx area and my daffodils have already bloomed and gone 6 weeks ago. I have no problems they come back every year.
FG, get a cat and make him/her an indoor/outdoor cat and I promise, you won't have any voles!!
Great picture. I really appreciate seeing the daffodils since every time I plant daffodil bulbs something eats them. I do however have beautiful hyacinths which will come up if it every stops snowing in south western Michigan. Spring is coming I have faith!
Oh, we call the muscari "grape hyacinths". They are hardy and take a lot of neglect, which is perfect for me. I also plan on abandoning tulips, even though I love them. I only get 1-2 years out of them. Daffodils are supposed to be a good bulb flower to plant if you have deer, as they aren't attracted to them. There are several different variations in color (yellows and oranges) so that, along with the grape hyacinths, might give you a burst of color if that's what you are seeking.
My daffodils are on the cusp of blooming, but, like Stacey, I live in southwest Michigan and woke up to over an inch of snow. Boo. But the sun is shining and has melted much of it.
pretty!
Oh, muscari - so THAT's what's growing. I also recommend snow drops; I see them all the time in my neighborhood. You'd have quite a nice range of colors and blooms through the long late winter/early spring season.
I don't have luck growing flowers (for some reason) but hopefully this year they will survive.
Daffodils are one of my favorite no fuss flowers. My only complaint is they never last long enough for me.
Being an ardent (and frugal!) gardener, and one who takes every opportunity to encourage others to garden as a stress relieving activity and a frugal fun way to grow a few veggies--kids love eating what they themselves can grow--I can offer you a few seeds of mole-proof, deer-proof and fool proof flowers which require as little care as your daffies do. I can even send you Muscari (aka grape hyacinth) seeds, all from my own garden. You have my email, let me know. 🙂
Oh, you can grow those from seed? Is it hard? I assumed I needed bulbs. And I would love to hear what pest-proof flowers you recommend! I am so frustrated with trying to grow anything because the voles keep eating it all.