Obviously, this needn't apply where there's a whole host of daffodils in a wilder grassland setting, unless you have oodles of time and patience or can pay someone to do it for you.

The most important thing to know when deadheading daffodils is to keep their leaves on for about six weeks after flowering, letting them die back naturally to feed the bulbs for next year. Deadheading can be just a matter of snapping off the heads but it does no harm, and looks much better, if you pull the flower stalk away as well.

Should you have disappointing clumps of blind daffodils, that is bulbs that flower poorly or not at all, then they most probably need dividing and replanting in refreshed ground. You can do this at any time after flowering but before the leaves die away and disappear underground for another year.

Use a spade for this job if possible . . . or a sharp trowel in restricted, heavily planted areas . . . and lift the whole clump together, then tease them apart before replanting in natural-seeming drifts.