Planting guide

When to plant daffodil

Reliable spring trumpets from bulbs that return and multiply for years. In Melbourne it goes in Mar–Jun.

Start as: Bulb
Flowers in: 17–26 wks
Spacing: 12 cm
Depth: 12 cm
Sun: Full sun (6+ hours)
Water: Low
Effort: Easy
Colours: yellow, white, orange, cream, bicolour
Frost-tender: No

When it goes in

● means daffodil can go in that month, ○ means wait. Worked out from each town's climate zone and season, the way planting guides do it. Pick your town for the full list for that month.

Australian towns and cities
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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Melbourne	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
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Adelaide	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
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Newcastle	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Sunshine Coast	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Canberra	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Central Coast	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Geelong	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Wollongong	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
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Townsville	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Cairns	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Toowoomba	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Darwin	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Ballarat	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Mandurah	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Bendigo	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Launceston	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Mackay	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Rockhampton	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Coffs Harbour	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Blue Mountains	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Bunbury	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Bundaberg	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Alice Springs	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Mildura	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Port Macquarie	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○

Around the world
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Auckland	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Wellington	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Christchurch	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
London	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Manchester	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Edinburgh	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Dublin	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
New York City	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Los Angeles	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Chicago	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Seattle	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Austin	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Toronto	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Vancouver	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Cape Town	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Johannesburg	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Singapore	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Mumbai	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Paris	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Berlin	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○

How to plant daffodil

Plant bulbs pointy end up, about three times their depth, in autumn.
Choose sun or light shade and well drained soil.
Water in once and then leave alone.
Let leaves yellow naturally before tidying.

Daffodil varieties

Classic varieties are the reliable, widely grown ones. Adventurous ones are heirlooms, odd colours and rarities.

Erlicheer Classic17–26 wksCream flowers, about 40cm tall
Golden Carpet Classic17–26 wksYellow flowers
King Alfred Classic17–26 wksYellow flowers, about 35cm tall
Las Vegas Classic17–26 wksSold by Diggers, The Seed Collection
Tete-A-Tete Classicdwarf · pot-friendly · 17–26 wksYellow flowers, about 20cm tall
Actaea Classic17–26 wksCream flowers, about 45cm tall

Where to buy seedlings

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Daffodil by month

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