365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Double Daff
Day 188: Usually first to open, my double daffodils in the front flower bed lagged behind the narcissus by a few days, and for their tardiness were punished by snow, hail and rain alternately. They are resilient, though, and even if beaten down by the weight of snow will pop back up as soon as it melts, perhaps slightly muddied or tattered, but as strong as ever. Daffodils and narcissus have a reputation for being "deer-proof" and indeed, while the hooved varmints gobbled my hyacinths and crocuses from above and the moles attacked the bulbs from below, they left these bloomers untouched. Several times now, I've thinned the bed, tossing the excess into the narrow strip of woodland along the west edge of my property where they have taken root without any further encouragement and now volunteer on a regular basis. If you want reliable colour in your spring garden, plant daffodils!
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double daffodil,
gardening
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