Home and Garden
Cover Early-Sprouting Daffodils, Other Bulbs
If the temperatures dip below freezing these next few weeks, cover them up until their normal blooming time arrives.
If you planted daffodil or tulip bulbs last fall (I planted 110 “Pink Charm” and “Tahiti” daffodil bulbs), it’s a pretty good bet that you’re already seeing a couple inches of plant poking out of the ground. Out my living room window, I see a sea of lime-green spears. Thanks to a mild winter with unseasonably high temperatures, sprouting bulbs is indeed a common sight, said Ryan Youngblood, owner of Artistic Landscape Associates in Rochester. “We’ve had a few clients call with concern, as they have noticed the new tender growth starting to appear,” added the landscaper, who planted a few thousand daffodil bulbs last fall at various client homes. Youngblood explained that bulbs blooming are dependent on climate. “They have an internal …
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