{"id":613786779974,"date":"2025-10-16T16:41:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/uncategorized\/when-do-daffodils-flower\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:41:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:41:02","slug":"when-do-daffodils-flower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/bulbs\/when-do-daffodils-flower\/","title":{"rendered":"When do Daffodils Bloom in the UK?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first wild Daffodil to bloom in the UK, as measured by a car park in Somerset, was 11th February 2024.<\/p>\n

This is it:\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Wild Daffodils<\/a> start flowering when the soil temperatures reach around 10C, usually in February or March. In a warm winter like the one we’ve mostly had this year, we are seeing buds nearly ready to open at the start of February. In a cold year like those we endured at the end of the twenty-teens, they were opening over a month later and really flowering in April.<\/p>\n

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The earliest flowering cultivars (cultivated varieties) of Daffodil<\/a> reliably flower earlier, even in January sometimes.<\/p>\n

This verge was planted a few years ago: transforming a boring strip of grass between the side of an office and a backstreet pavement into a yearly display of cheerful yellow…right?<\/p>\n

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Well, eventually<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

On the 3rd of February, this is one of two visible flower buds:<\/p>\n

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By the 10th of February<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n
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And pop goes the daffadowndilly: on the 11th of February 2024, we have daffodils in car parks across* the UK! These beauties are so yellow that my poor old camera can’t take it:<\/p>\n

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*we’re not going to check the other car parks, it’s fine, we trust them.<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Wild daffodils can be planted in the green<\/a>, which means when they are in growth in Spring, not dry in Autumn.<\/p>\n\n

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