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Hi We live in a very old house. We moved in 12 years ago and there were daffadils in the front which i have never done anything with. they did not come up this year. not one but the tulips next to them did. what went wrong? Cathy
Thanks for your question. Would you tell me please if these Daffodils have been slowly disappearing, with fewer each year? Or did they suddenly vanish this year, out of the blue?
What about Daffodils that came up, with leaves, but did not bloom -- any last year? Any this year?
When you say you did nothing with them, do you mean you simply watched them bloom but did not water them or cultivate around them? Or do you mean you maybe cared for them in some way, and just never fertilized them or paid much attention to them? What happens to that part of the garden in the Summer, after the Daffodils have stopped blooming and are dormant?
Finally, did you or someone else remove any foliage from the Daffodils that were there, at any point?
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