Introduction to the Daffodil:

When naturalizing daffodils, you will get the best results and many years of blooms by taking the time to plant properly. For most naturalizing projects, you will be working in uncultivated soil with thick sod, so it is necessary to give each bulb a small custom-cultivated hole. Usually, this means lifting out soil with a spade. One clever way to make precise bulb holes is to use a battery-powered drill – a half-inch drill with a 3” bit usually does the job. Work up the soil from the hole with some peat moss, sand and about a tablespoon of low nitrogen fertilizer. Refill the hole to just below the planting depth with this mix. Next, add one handful of sand and then the bulb (you do not want the bulb in direct contact with the fertilizer). Then fill the hole the rest of the way with sand and replace some of the sod. With a sub-layer of rich, fertilized soil to send roots into, your daffodils will grow even stronger and bloom for years!

Some of our favorite Daffodils:

Giant Daffodils For Naturalizing

Here's a special opportunity to save up to 34% on the world's finest giant daffodils specially selected for naturalizing by our Hillegomn garden experts. With this exceptional assortment, you'll be able to bring a bold, natural look that will enhance the beauty of your home. Breck's Dutch bulb experts have hand-selected a colour-coordinated mixture of superior varieties and blended them so they will bloom at different times. You'll have the longest possible season of spring beauty! Each top-quality bulb produces several bright, long-lasting, picture-perfect flowers. They're easy to plant, require no special care and multiply annually to bring increased beauty to your naturalized areas. You'll also delight in cutting armfuls of these gorgeous daffodils to create beautiful indoor bouquets. Zones 3-8. Bulb size 12-14. (buy)

Mixed Daffodils Super Sak
	Enhance your home with the world's finest Dutch daffodils shipped across the Atlantic direct to you. A colourful assortment of varieties for naturalizing. Zones 3-8. Bulb size 12-14. (buy)

Giant Yellow Jonquils for Naturalizing

Call these wonderful flowers jonquils, narcissus or daffodils - by any name, they're one of the most beloved of all spring flowers. Breck's staff of Dutch bulb experts has obtained a very special selection of Holland's finest-quality yellow daffodils - chosen for purity of colour and extra-long blooming season. They're ideal in a perennial border or for naturalizing. Multiply year after year to provide a steady supply of gorgeous cut flowers for indoor bouquets. You'll love their captivating sunshine brightness after the dreary days of winter. And they're "deer-proof", too - deer leave them alone. Zones 3-8. Bulb size 12-14 cm. (buy)

Hybridizer's Mix Daffodils

These unique daffodils are so new, they don't have names yet! Now, we're offering you the privilege of enjoying one-of-a-kind daffodils that you simply won't find in any garden centre! Carefully selected from the breeding program of Holland's leading hybridizer, these daffodils are available only through Breck's and, for a limited time, at unbelievably low prices! This colour-coordinated mix of 17 bulbs is so unique, no two flowers will be alike. And, if deer are a problem in your area or garden, worry no more -- deer don't eat daffodils! Zones 3-8. (buy)

Daffodil Defined:

Daffodils form a group of large-flowered members of the genus Narcissus. Most daffodils look yellow, but yellow-and-white, yellow-and-orange, white-and-orange, pink, and lime-green cultivars also exist. Daffodils grow perennially from bulbs. In temperate climates they flower among the earliest blooms in spring: to this extent daffodils both represent and herald spring. They often grow in large clusters, covering lawns and even entire hillsides with yellow.

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Lilliopsida
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Narcissus

All daffodils have a central trumpet-shaped corona surrounded by a ring of petals. The traditional daffodil has a golden yellow colour all over, but the trumpet may often feature a contrasting colour. Breeders have developed some daffodils with a double or triple row of petals, making them resemble a small golden ball. Other cultivars have frilled petals, or an elongated or compressed central trumpet.