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Short daffodils
Every spring we have daffodils growing on top of the hedges bordering the
lanes near the house. There are masses of them. But this year we've noticed most particularly that the stems are shorter. Our theory is that this is because they've come out earlier than usual - anyone else got any ideas? -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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Short daffodils
Sacha wrote:
Every spring we have daffodils growing on top of the hedges bordering the lanes near the house. There are masses of them. But this year we've noticed most particularly that the stems are shorter. Our theory is that this is because they've come out earlier than usual - anyone else got any ideas? I've not noticed this with the daffs growing in local hedgerows, but most of those growing around here are naturalised garden varieties rather than true N. pseudonarcissus. However, the winter was exceptionally mild and many wild plants that normally die down carried on growing including a lot of wild grasses. I wonder if it's an optical ilusion and it's not so much that the daffs are short, but their companion plants are unusually tall? Just a thought. |
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In message , Sacha
writes On 25/2/07 07:26, in article om, "Dave Poole" wrote: Sacha wrote: Every spring we have daffodils growing on top of the hedges bordering the lanes near the house. There are masses of them. But this year we've noticed most particularly that the stems are shorter. Our theory is that this is because they've come out earlier than usual - anyone else got any ideas? I've not noticed this with the daffs growing in local hedgerows, but most of those growing around here are naturalised garden varieties I don't think it's an optical illusion because these are growing literally on top of the hedges and have no other planting with them, other than the trimmed back twiggy bits of the hedge. It's the normal winter/spring set up Wild N. pseudonarcissus grow taller if they're growing through dead ferns/bracken than if there's just very short rabbit-nibbled grass. This makes sense if you're a daffodil. They don't all flower at once, and the later ones aren't usually taller. I don't think yours are short just because they're early, but maybe because being early means they aren't competing with any other growth, including their own leaves. -- Sue ] |
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Short daffodils
On 25/2/07 23:33, in article , "MadCow"
wrote: In message , Sacha writes On 25/2/07 07:26, in article , "Dave Poole" wrote: Sacha wrote: Every spring we have daffodils growing on top of the hedges bordering the lanes near the house. There are masses of them. But this year we've noticed most particularly that the stems are shorter. Our theory is that this is because they've come out earlier than usual - anyone else got any ideas? I've not noticed this with the daffs growing in local hedgerows, but most of those growing around here are naturalised garden varieties I don't think it's an optical illusion because these are growing literally on top of the hedges and have no other planting with them, other than the trimmed back twiggy bits of the hedge. It's the normal winter/spring set up Wild N. pseudonarcissus grow taller if they're growing through dead ferns/bracken than if there's just very short rabbit-nibbled grass. This makes sense if you're a daffodil. They don't all flower at once, and the later ones aren't usually taller. I don't think yours are short just because they're early, but maybe because being early means they aren't competing with any other growth, including their own leaves. Could be they've trimmed the hedges shorter this year, I suppose. These are the very thick Devon hedges which are sometimes behind a stone wall and are really very dense. This particular stretch is quite short, probably about 5' to 6' or less but in other parts of our lanes they are 12' high or more and those don't get daffs on top of them, obviously but growing out of the side of them where their own feet are in the earth. I must say that our hedgerows are a glory atm. We have snowdrops, daffodils and primroses all out together and the lovely thing is that the primroses keep emerging until around May. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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