The Top 40™
Where more is better, this mixture delivers. It comprises at least 40 different varieties from the best growers in the Netherlands. Included are old favorites but also many fresh faces—some of them new to commerce—and all at a price that allows for expansive planting. Bulbs are large and healthy and guaranteed to please. Introduced 2016
Deer and Rodent Proof
- early
- mid
- late
Item # | 3101 |
Bulb Size | 14–16cm |
Blend % | At least 40 varieties |
Catalog Page (2020) | 81 |
Flower Color | All Colors |
Bloom Time | Early to Mid-Late |
Height | 12-18 inches |
Sunlight | Full (6+ hours sun per day) |
Soil | Well-drained |
Resistant to Deer | ✓ |
Resistant to Rodents | ✓ |
Good for Naturalizing | ✓ |
Depth of Planting Hole | 6 inches |
Spacing | 4 inches apart |
Density | 4-5 per sq. ft. |
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Planting Instructions
To get the most from daffodils, follow these 4 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.
- Fertilize very lightly with a low-nitrogen fertilizer, preferably organic, just as the shoots emerge from the ground in early spring.
- 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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