Daffodil
Narcissus
Cheerful yellow trumpets in early spring that come back and spread for years, and deer, rabbits and rodents leave them alone. Plant bulbs in fall in drifts in sun or light shade, and let the leaves yellow before cutting them; every part is poisonous, so keep the bulbs away from pets.
- Mature size
- 1.5 ft × 6 in
- 0.4 × 0.1 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 4a–8b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Blooms
- Mar–Apr
Daffodil at its mature size
A mature Daffodil grows to about 1.5 ft tall and 6 in wide.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: NC State Extension, Chicago Botanic Garden, Eden Brothers.
Through the year
What Daffodil looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
Below ground · Jul–Feb
Dormant below ground from midsummer until late winter; draw nothing.
In flower · Mar–Apr
Bright yellow trumpet flowers on leafless stems just above the leaves.
In leaf · May–Jun
Flowers over, the leafy tuft left to yellow and ripen the bulb.
Growing Daffodil
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Southeast, the Midwest, the Plains and Mountain West, the Pacific Northwest, and California.
- Good for
- Deer resistant
- Leaves
- Dies back in winter
- Native to
- Garden hybrid (European species)
Spacing
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Daffodil, that’s about 6 in apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Daffodil in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.