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Thanks for all the questions and advice.
I'm pretty sure they are daffodils - the leaves aren't wide enough to be tulips and the greenery gets pretty tall.
I didn't plant them (they were here when we bought the house) so not sure if they were planted too deep or not.
There are about 15 daffodil plants with only one bloom out of the entire lot.
In the two springs that we have lived here, I have never cut back or tied down (have you seen those people who make a little French twist out of their daffodil greenery??? Weird) the greenery. I have always just let it die back on it's own.
Sounds like a good fertilizing this spring and again next fall might be what has been missing. I pass some old country homes in the area with GOBS of daffodils blooming all over their yards and I'm certain that no one has been doing squat to make that happen, but clearly mine are higher maintenance!
Personally, i would dig them up and replant them. The bigger bulbs should flower. Smaller ones might need a year or so. You can fertilize upon replanting using a “bulb booster”. Blood meal is also good as slow nitrogen supply.
This is our third spring in this house and the daffodils that were planted here just don't produce flowers. Lots of green coming up, but only one bloom. It seems as if someone planted different varieties as the green varies, but only that one blossom. Is there anything that I can do to encourage flowers for next spring?
Sometimes the problem but sometimes the seller/growers sell flowers that don't flower. Have you inquired?
Tying or twisting them is not weird. The bulbs feed of the green which turns pretty unsightly. Our yard is tiny and SO brought me about 450 bulbs when we moved in 4 years ago and 150 last November which he chilled in the beer fridge to start with. Some of the fancies are outright weird! Without containing it would look like neglect.
Your neighbors....they may have seen something the former owners of your house did or didn't do that the neighbors did the opposite and the neighbors got nice daffodils while you didn't.
Neighbors can be a great source of info you wouldn't even think to ask. Amazing what they see happen when you're not looking. Something the previous owners did or didn't do...but also the trash guy who tossed his coffee on a patch etc.
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Do you cut the leaves down after blooming? Bulbs need the leaves to draw nourishment from, and if they don't get nourishment from the leaves, they might be too weak to flower.
Golly, I have learned something from all your suggestions guys. I never cut mine back: I am sure they have been in the ground almost as long as the house has been here and though I do get blooms, not like I should. I guess, if nothing else we will cut ours back when they stop blooming.
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Too much nitrogen
