The banks along highways in the City of St. Louis put on an annual yellow show each spring. More than 12 million daffodils hit their peak blooming season about the first week in April, said Dan Skillman, Parks Commissioner.
Daffodils have to survive some pretty harsh conditions.
This year we had an early warm spell, followed by extreme cold. Last year we had an inch of snow cover the flowers just as they were starting to bloom and then the temperature fell to 17 degrees. St. Louis is the largest planter of daffodils in the world with about 12 million bulbs planted since the project started in 1982. Each year new bulbs are added to the beds. Workers plant 400,000 bulbs each fall.