Garden

[Biftu]

I have daffodils planted around my lamp post and they look lovely until they die off.  This summer I would like to plant some perennials around that lamp post.  How, or can I, plant over these bulbs?  I would like flowers blooming in the summer there but still want my spring daffodils to come back next year.  Is it possible to somehow plant over these bulbs?  It gets full sun.

[Mom2Dogs]

@Biftu   Good question, I have often wondered the same thing.

My neighbors have beautiful spring flowers in the  front yard, as they die off the hostas have begun to grow.  I am thinking they planted around the bulbs, but I will be interested to hear answers to your question.

[Candycane10]

I don't see why you can't.  You will have to be careful not to move or dig up the bulbs.  

[PA Mom-mom]

@Biftu  You can cut back the leaves of the daffys by the end of June, depending where you live. Before that, you can plant annuals around the bulbs. Just don't dig out the bulbs. Work around them.

[Biftu]

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@PA Mom-mom wrote:

@Biftu  You can cut back the leaves of the daffys by the end of June, depending where you live. Before that, you can plant annuals around the bulbs. Just don't dig out the bulbs. Work around them.

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But I want to plant perennials.  So I have to plant around the bulbs but not on top?  Planting around the bulbs will be tough since I have so many.  You may be right though.

[Biftu]

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@Mom2Dogs wrote:

@Biftu   Good question, I have often wondered the same thing.

My neighbors have beautiful spring flowers in the  front yard, as they die off the hostas have begun to grow.  I am thinking they planted around the bulbs, but I will be interested to hear answers to your question.

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Years back I had hostas around the lamp post and like your neighbor the hostas would come up after the daffodils died.  There is full sun there so eventually the sun was too much for the hosta and they died off.

[MG Chris]

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@Mom2Dogs wrote:

@Biftu   Good question, I have often wondered the same thing.

My neighbors have beautiful spring flowers in the  front yard, as they die off the hostas have begun to grow.  I am thinking they planted around the bulbs, but I will be interested to hear answers to your question.

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I have seen videos on this, you plant around the bulbs. 

[jlkz]

@Biftu 

I have a suggestion for you and that lamppost area that is in full sun.. My mailbox is right next to the curb of a 5-lane road.  A small hill is at its base.  It was very dangerous to try and get something planted there that would fill the slope with color all summer....without my dragging a very long hose to water what ever I planted.  Working on a slope at 79 isn't very safe and the traffic literally causes a breeze as it whizzes by.

I planted Solomon's Seal which grows in shade or sun and takes care of itself totally.  It will spread outward.  It gets planted close to the top of the soil and can easily be divided.  It appears in early April and gets to 18".  The early arc of its blade has tiny white bells and then the rest of the leaves appear.  It dies off after the first frost and reappears in early April.

As for the colorful flowers you want, why not use tall flower pots to hold the flowering plants ?  Set them up on a rock or short bench right behind the Solomon's seal ( sedum would be another easy growing plant with the same spreading and self-caring tendencies.).

This photo is in another area but the plant is the same.  It has been divided many times over the years.  Start out with only a few ( Seal or Sedum ) and the first year use mulch to fill out bare spots.

Area: PA-NJ-DE......don't know the "Zone" at the moment.

P.S.

Last year I left one sedum plant in a plastic planter and forgot about it.   When we got back from FL last week, it was full and beautiful.  The mauve-colored flower heads will appear in July !  Have to remember this lazy approach !

Good Luck and don't be afraid to try a new approach / design.

[Carmie]

You can always plant perennials above and around the daffy bulbs.  If there are too many daf bulbs, you can divide and transplant some to a different location.  They multiply every year.

Just carefully dig them out, and dig a hole somewhere else and replant them. That will give you more room and the daf bubs will continue to multiply.

I few years ago, we put a stone walkway in and had to remove quite a few bulbs including daffodils, tulips and lilies.  I just dug them out and threw them in a heap because I didn't want to replant them.

Well, they prospered on their own.  I have a corner of my yard where all those mixed bulbs come up every year. 

[ValuSkr]

I plant perennials first and the spring-blooming bulbs later.  That way, I plant bulbs in spots where perennials aren't.