Rapture
Rapture looks like a falcon diving after prey, its petals blown back as it streaks across the sky. A bulb makes several flowers the first spring and can make many more in springs to come, creating whole flocks of graceful golden raptors.
Rapture has probably won more prizes on the show benches of the American Daffodil Society than any other cyclamineus daffodil. But besides being a great little showgirl, this early-blooming daffodil makes a beautiful display in the garden.
Deer and Rodent Proof
- early
- mid
- late
| Quantity | Price per bulb |
|---|---|
| 100 to 900 | $ 0.48 |
| 1000 to 4900 | $ 0.43 |
| 5000 or more | $ 0.40 |
| Item # | 3532 |
| Bulb Size | 12–14cm |
| Catalog Page (2021) | 115 |
| Flower Color | Yellow |
| Bloom Time | Early |
| Height | 12–14 inches |
| Sunlight | Full (6+ hours sun per day) |
| Soil | Well drained |
| Resistant to Deer | ✓ |
| Resistant to Rodents | ✓ |
| Good for Naturalizing | ✓ |
| Depth of Planting Hole | 4 inches |
| Spacing | 3 inches apart |
| Density | 7-8 per sq. ft. |
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Planting Instructions
To get the most from daffodils, follow these 3 basic rules:
- Plant them where they will get at least 6 hours of direct sunlight, even after they have finished flowering and the trees have leafed out. Daffodils need lots of sun after they bloom to produce next year’s flowers.
- Plant them in soil that drains well. Avoid areas where water stands after a rainstorm.
- After daffodils flower, wait at least 8 weeks—until the leaves turn yellow — before cutting them. Never tie or braid daffodil foliage. This year’s leaves = next year’s flowers.
If you want to naturalize daffodils (i.e., plant them so that they look as though they had sprung up on their own), we suggest that you set them out in drifts (not in blocks or lines) and that you space the bulbs farther apart than recommended on the bag label (to allow room for the clumps to increase in size). If you want to naturalize daffodils in a grassy area, you must wait to mow until their foliage has turned yellow, which means allowing the grass to grow very tall.
Spring-flowering bulbs must be planted in the fall. They need cool soil to make roots before the onset of winter. Cool fall weather arrives at different times from north to south and from high elevations to low.
Please note that the temperature of the soil lags behind the air temperature. You can generally plant later than the windows provided in this map. As long as the ground is not frozen, you can still plant.
| Cold Limit | 3a |
| Southern Limit | 7b |
| Western Limit | 9b |
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