King Alfred Daffodil

Description:

A gorgeous addition to any garden, one of the largest of all the trumpet daffodils; flowers are a lovely golden-yellow with bright yellow cups and are very showy in the garden or containers

Ornamental Features:

King Alfred Daffodil features beautiful lightly-scented yellow trumpet-shaped flowers with yellow centers at the ends of the stems in mid spring, which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It's grassy leaves remain dark green in colour throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

King Alfred Daffodil is an herbaceous perennial with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance perennial, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.

King Alfred Daffodil is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• General Garden Use
• Mass Planting
• Naturalizing And Woodland Gardens

Plant Characteristics:

King Alfred Daffodil will grow to be about 18 inches tall at maturity extending to 24 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 18 inches. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As this plant tends to go dormant in summer, it is best interplanted with late-season bloomers to hide the dying foliage.

This perennial does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder zones. This plant can be propagated by multiplication of the underground bulbs.

This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.