{"id":2492,"date":"2019-10-10T00:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T07:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-178\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T10:36:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T17:36:37","slug":"crocus-and-daffodils-failure-to-flower","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/crocus-and-daffodils-failure-to-flower\/","title":{"rendered":"crocus and daffodils failure to flower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Many of my crocus and daffodils (especially crocus) didn&#8217;t flower this year. They don&#8217;t seem to be in need of separating &#8211; none of them have been in the ground for over 3 years and I don&#8217;t think I overfertilized. Otherwise they seem quite healthy. What might be the problem?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most common reasons that hardy bulbs like crocus and daffodils fail to flower are these:<\/p>\n<p>1. Planting location: they need to be planted in full sun.<br \/>\n<i>Bulbs; a complete handbook of bulbs, corms, and tubers<\/i> (by R. Genders, 1973)<\/p>\n<p>2. Drainage or heat: spring flowering bulbs planted in poorly drained soil or too near a heated basement (where heat from the structure warms the soil and interferes with the bulbs&#8217; necessary cold treatment) will rot or simply fail to flower.<br \/>\n<i>Daffodils for Home, Garden and Show<\/i> (by D. Barnes, 1987)<\/p>\n<p>3. Fertilization: high nitrogen fertilizers encourage lush green growth and discourage flowering.<br \/>\n<i>Daffodils for American Gardens<\/i> (by B. Heath, 1995)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of my crocus and daffodils (especially crocus) didn&#8217;t flower this year. They don&#8217;t seem to be in need of separating &#8211; none of them have been in the ground for over 3 years and I don&#8217;t think I overfertilized. Otherwise they seem quite healthy. What might be the problem? The most common reasons that hardy bulbs like crocus and daffodils fail to flower are these: 1. Planting location: they need to be planted in full sun. Bulbs; a complete&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/crocus-and-daffodils-failure-to-flower\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">crocus and daffodils failure to flower<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[410,411,185],"class_list":["post-2492","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-crocus","keyword-flowering-of-plants","keyword-narcissus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/2492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}