How to Propagate a Daffodil Flower

Daffodils are one of the most prolific garden flowers, blooming their all-familiar yellow or white trumpet-shaped blooms every spring. The easiest way to propagate daffodils is through division. Daffodils grow from bulbs that can be divided a year or two after planting when they form little bulbs attached to the parent bulbs. You can also divide daffodils at this time to thin out an overcrowded garden since the bulbs self-multiply quickly and overcrowd a garden every few years.

Pruning shears
Garden fork, shovel or spade

Instructions

- 1
  Clip off the foliage in the fall when it begins to brown. Leave a few remaining inches so you can easily see where your daffodils are located.
- 2
  Dig out a clump of daffodils. Daffodils are planted about 6 inches deep but may be a couple inches deeper since they settle over time. Dig down around the daffodil clump, cut under the bulbs and lift them. A garden fork, spade or shovel works well for this job.
- 3
  Brush the soil around the bulbs so you can see the bulbs clearly.
- 4
  Pull off the bulbs growing on the sides of the main bulbs. Replant the separated bulbs. Note that the smallest bulbs may not bloom for a couple years.

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