Spring is here! Now it's time to put a colorful bouquet of flowers in the house. How about bright yellow daffodils and fiery red tulips? This idea should be reconsidered
Do tulips and daffodils get along in a vase?
Tulips and daffodils do not get along in the same vase because daffodils secrete a slimy sap that clogs the tulips' water ducts. To still arrange them together, daffodils can either be briefly dipped in hot water or placed separately in a vase for 24 hours and then washed off.
Tulips and daffodils don't get along in a vase
If there are tulips with daffodils in the vase, the tulips will be left behind and will soon hang their heads. Why? The daffodils secrete a slimy sap. This juice clogs the tulips' blood vessels. As a result, the tulips can no longer absorb water and wither.
Tricks to make the daffodils harmless to the tulips
But there are two tricks on how tulips can stand together with daffodils in a vase without suffering from the slimy plant sap of the daffodils:
- Variant 1: Hold the stem end of the daffodils briefly in hot water
- Variant 2: Place daffodils in a separate vase for 24 hours to slime out
In the second variant, you should wash the stems after 24 hours. Then the daffodils join the tulips. But be careful: the daffodils must not be cut again. Otherwise they will start to slime again.
Tulips and daffodils have different location requirements
Tulips and daffodils should not be planted together in the same bed. While tulips prefer a moderately dry environment, daffodils prefer a moist environment. Tulips would die in a substrate that is too moist. Your onion will rot there. On the other hand, daffodil bulbs have no problem with damp locations, such as at the edge of a pond.
Both early bloomers are poisonous
One characteristic that both early bloomers have in common is, among other things, their toxicity. Daffodils, like tulips, are poisonous in all parts of the plant. Both humans and animals should refrain from consuming it. Otherwise, serious poisoning or even death can occur.
Tips & Tricks
Not only tulips, but also other cut flowers do not like to stand next to daffodils and suffer from their proximity. The slimy plant sap causes the other cut flowers to wilt quickly.
