Care of Daffodil Blooms

Daffodils, which are in the Narcissus family, are spring-blooming plants that produce showy blossoms in several colors. They are perennials that do well throughout the northern parts of the continental United States, and they are among the first flowers to pop up in springtime. Before daffodil blooms appear, sprinkle the area near the daffodil bulbs with bulb fertilizer. After the blooms appear, the daffodils and their blooms need only simple care.

Watering can or garden hose
Low-nitrogen, high-potash fertilizer (optional)
Garden shears or scissors

Instructions

- 1
  Water the soil around daffodil blooms until it is moist but not soggy. Daffodil plants require a great deal of moisture after they bloom to keep their flowers lush and healthy. Stop watering the daffodil plants in summer, when they become dormant.
- 2
  Sprinkle a small amount of low-nitrogen, high-potash fertilizer around the daffodil plants if their flowers are slow to appear.
- 3
  Pinch off the flowers with your fingers when they start to fade. Deadheading the blooms in this fashion prevents the daffodil plants from putting more energy toward blooms that are dying.
- 4
  Cut down a daffodil plant's leaves eight weeks after the plant's first bloom by snipping them off with clean garden shears or scissors.

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