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Old 25-04-2010, 12:38 PM
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I have grown some daffs this year, they came out great but they are coming to the end now. I know I can leave the bulbs in to naturalise (which I'd prefer to do), do I just cut the leaves back and leave them in the ground once the flowers have finished blooming? I assume so, just want to be sure on the cutting the leaves back part. What happens if I leave the leaves, do they continue all summer or do they die back naturally, they're not really in the way so I could leave them too as foliage?

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Old 25-04-2010, 06:27 PM
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If they are in the ground, and you are happy to leave them in situ, remove the dead flowers but let the leaves be. They are now supplying energy to the bulb in readiness for next year. You can cut the foliage down 7 weeks after the finish of flowering.
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