Daffodil · Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan
When to sow daffodils in Sialkot
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In Sialkot, on your chosen risk.
First autumn frost
no autumn frost
The far end of the outdoor season.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in Sialkot
Each window is a range, not a single day. Earlier in the range buys you a longer season; later in it buys you a safer one.
Daffodils through the year
Against the frost risk in Sialkot
Why these dates
Plant early - four to eight weeks before the first frost, and earlier than tulips. Daffodils make roots in autumn warmth and want that head start. Plant at twice the bulb's height, and leave the foliage to yellow completely after flowering, because next year's flower is built during those six weeks.
Hardy to about -30C, and undamaged by frost on the emerged leaves; the flower buds tolerate a hard frost that flattens everything else. Needs around ten weeks below 9C, slightly less than a tulip, so daffodils persist a zone warmer than tulips do.
Daffodils are anchored to the first autumn frost rather than the last spring one, so the planting window on this page counts backwards from the end of the season in Sialkot instead of forwards from its start.
Sialkot sits in zone 10b, which is milder than this crop wants, and a winter that never really arrives is its own problem. The dates below still describe the right time of year; the open question is survival rather than timing.
Also in Sialkot
Other flowers to time
Growing daffodils in Sialkot
How much frost will daffodils tolerate?
Hardy to about -30C, and undamaged by frost on the emerged leaves; the flower buds tolerate a hard frost that flattens everything else. Needs around ten weeks below 9C, slightly less than a tulip, so daffodils persist a zone warmer than tulips do.