Upside Down Daffodils

I love to experiment with my plants! When I was asked last fall if planting daffodils upside down would retard blooming, I could envision exactly how to test the hypothesis.

I planted two beds of daffodils and divided each bed into “pointy side up” and “pointy side down”.

The pictures are below. Can you see any difference in blooms when comparing one side to the other?

3daffodil upside down 2

correct on left. upside down on right

daffodil upside down 2a

correct on left. upside down on right

1daffodil upside down 1

upside down on left , correct on right

2daffodil upside down 1a

upside down on left , correct on right

note how the stem turned around to grow upwards

note how the stem turned around to grow upwards

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