Cutting Back Daffodils: When, Why and How

They fade around Memorial Day here (Chapel Hill, NC). Then can can be gently tugged out of the ground. People do all manner of stupid stuff to the leaves, spoiling next years blooms. I do deadhead the spent blooms.

I usually let my daffodil greens just fade away after they bloom cause I knew that was good for the plant but yesterday, June 1, my lawn guy mowed all the greens down!! They were still mostly green with maybe a few yellow streaks. They had bloomed in April but I don't remember how early. Will they still come up next

I never cut back my flowers, they self seed and come back every year in abundance. This also keeps the weeds down, all I need to do is pull out the few nettles which beat my system.

Daffodils are toxic to cats ,dogs and cause people to have diarrhea,vomiting, rash. Hope your wearing gloves.

My bugbear! I find planting similar perennials like day lilies is helpful, you can hide the daffodil leaves easily. I do braid others and tuck them behind other flowers. I have had no problem with diminishing blooms next spring

Thank you for the information about when to cut back. I wonder if you could address how to move daffodils to a different spot. Also when you've made the mistake and caused a "no flower" situation, is the damager permanent or will they eventually bloom again? Thank you.

I have tied mine in knots, The flowers come back every spring,our flowers have bloomed and I need to know what to do to tidy up our side garden and add new mulch but it seems you can't cut them down while all the leaves are still green? Grrrr

I planted all of my daffodils among many of my hostas around a huge maple tree. When the daffodils are in bloom, the hostas are just coming up so by the time the daffodils are done blooming, the leaves of the daffodils cover the remnants of the daffodils so you really don't see the dead daffodils. In the spring, I rake off all of the dead leaves around the maple tree and voila, the cycle starts all over again.

Deer will not eat daffodils.

It's safe to remove the dead stems at the end of May.

Amazing video! Thank you. I'm a novice gardner and I learned a lot.

This is the reason I don’t have daffodils. They don’t ‘die well’.
So while the flowers are lovely, they’re not worth the months of sprawling foliage taking up the limited space in my garden.

When do you transplant the daffodils?

The daffodils have spread all over the garden in the house I live in. Would it be a good idea to move them now, or should I wait until fall? I would rather they are in one place than a random spot in the garden. They are in the late stage of blooming. Thank you so much for the informative videos

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I was looking for this advice. You made it clear and easy to understand. I am in the WAITING stage! My daisies are coming up around them.

Actually, this year I did do that I went down and I thought you know what I’m just gonna go way down after they’ve been completely yellow I said enough. So we’ll see but they always come back anyway so I think I must be doing something right a tiny bit. Or 🍀 Luck

Live in the Pacific Northwest our daffodils come up fairly early and tulips not long after. It’s still pretty cool so I naturally just think well I’m not outside as much and if I am, I just gonna say oh whoops and kind of let them like I said die down Before I don’t think I do it long enough but they keep coming back so I think I’m gonna say so overall whatever I’ve been doing I think I’ve been doing it right but I might try to stretch it out longer next year. Don’t like the Yellow leaves.

I wait for quite a while and usually I do wait till they’re starting to yellow, but probably not long enough. What about tulips? Is it the same. Cause I do the same thing I kind of let them Die..Usually they drop their flower heads and it kind of wait for them to die a bit? Anyway, what is the difference With tulips? Thank you.

Video was very helpful. You have a nice voice to listen to.

Hi, your video is amazing, thank you for all the info shared. I would like to transfer daffodils to a different spot in the garden, when is it best to do that? After they died back? I live in the UK with quite mild winters. Thank you!

Just plant annuals or perennials around the wilting daffodils to hide the yellowing leaves

I think i cut them down to soon. No flowers this spring. Will i get flowers next year if i wait this season

😮 I planted 2 varieties of daffodils 30 years ago down by a woodsy creek. I cut the flowers to bring in every spring. I never knew I was supposed to cut them back or remove the dead leaves. Didn’t remove leaves too soon. Waited 30 YEARS. 😂

Hi Laura your video was very informative, love your kind spirit. I'll just wait, peace ✌

What are the pretty little orange flowers called? They remind me a bit of my guara.

I planted my daffodils for the first time in a pot and enjoyed them immensely. You video has taken some of the mystery of "what to do now?" Very informative. Thank you! Should tulips be managed in the same way?

Very informative thx for a good video

I planted mine behind my incrediball hydrangea hedge so when my daffodils are yellowing, the hydrangeas are leafing out and block the yellowing daffodils.

I honestly don't know why people are bothered by the yellowing of the leaves. After all, we all ooh and awe when the tree leaves die and turn colors and fall to the ground in the fall, and we kick through them because we think they are crunchy and beautiful. It's the same thing, just different thinking. It's part of the beauty of the life cycle, plus it makes the most lovely blanket for the worms to sleep under. Change your thinking and let nature be nature, it's all beautiful.

thank you!

My hostas blend with mine

I just deadheaded my daffodils here in NJ. I had interplanted iris in between them and they are so tall now they will disguise the daffodils when they start to die off. I go along weekly and cut off yellowing leaves so the flower bed still looks lush. Once they are completely done I will plant annuals next to them to fill in the bed for the rest of the summer. My iris should start blooming in about 10 days. It will be the first year I should have a nice display of blooms!

Very precise & informative video...& the filming & lyrical instructions of excellent quality ...thank you.

The wait is hard but each year they come back more and more beautiful.

What about thinning your daffodils? When should that be done???

Can you lift daffodils and replant them? I planted them too deep last fall. Bought boxes of them from Costco last fall and a few flowers out of 100 bulbs.

Do I have to cut back the brown stems? Is it ok to just leave them alone?

Thankyou very helpful I love daffodils 😊

Sorry but If I need to leave the dead looking foliage showing that long, I would rather not have the daffodils at all.

That's helped me, cheers, best wishes from the Uk .

You have a very pleasant voice. Thank you SOOOO much for not putting background music or a bunch of graphics in your video. All of your information is useful. Please, what is the purple shrub at :027?

Great information, our gardener cut our green leaves to ground level, so no flowers, I tried to tell her but she knew best , we now have a new gardener !!!

We had an elderly neighbor who braided the leaves and they were stellar flower producers. He obviously knew what he was doing.

Can you cut them down when the leaves flop over

what variety are your solid yellow ones? Great info in the video.

Hi from the UK great video 😀👍

what happens if I did not deadhead the daffodils?

I accidentally cut mine back yesterday and they were still green 🙁it’s been 6 weeks since they bloomed, had I researched it prior I never would have cut them. Are the bulbs ruined or is it just next year I won’t get flowers

Really lovely video, explaining everything so clearly. Will also start watching your other garden video’s. Thanks very much. All the best. Mx 😊