Yes, Daffodil flowers are much beloved by molluscs. We are having this problem too. Tulips are attacked also.

Goodness Owdboggy, so the slugs are sliding up the daffodils stems? I am sorry to hear about your tulips, I've never come across this before. Thank you I'll let her know.

I'd agree that its likely to be slugs/snails. Not noticed them attacking Aquiegias so there might be something else like a rabbit getting in too.

Yes, it’s amazing Janey - I have actually seen slugs climb and they can move quite fast 😟.

Thank you both, she was very pleased that it wasn't the wood pigeons doing their worst. I'm sure she'll have sprinkled some slug pellets round the bulbs now.
What a nuisance slugs are and so many types too.
I've had a wood pigeon busy eating the new flower buds of my weeping cherry, just so fed up with them.

In autumn planted a lot of native daffodils but they have been decimated by slugs or snails. I thought that native species would have evolved to repel the molluscs. Perhaps they weren't native after all.
Every year many of my snowdrops get eaten but I wouldn't dream of using slug pellets because of the harm they do to wildlife in general.

Oh no! Not your cherry Janey - it’s your favourite isn’t it? What a pest they are … x

Hello, sorry to be late getting back to you.

I find it heartbreaking Merlinbaby, that all your hard work and hopes for a pretty spring garden have been decimated by the S&S.
And snowdrops too? Well there must be something we can.do because the problem is now getting far out of hand. Beer traps used to be a solution years ago, though I've never tried them. The warmer winters are helping them to be active earlier and breed earlier too.
We all will.have to be on nightwatch with our torches won't we...:)

Yes Sheila, they did the same last year, they slide down the branches far as they can. This means it gets an early spring prune!

I'm sorry to hear that Klahanie, there's no escaping them.is there? We'll have to forget the early spring flowering plants and only grow what they really don't like to.combat them..:( I hope you're still enjoying your hummingbirds..

Thankyou Janey. My double daffs get scoffed every year but I'm learning to live with s and snails. I've tried garlic spray in the past but didn't have the desired effect. They're part of our ecological system and have their place, I know that, but they are such a flippin nuisance. Sheep wool pellets are very effective but far too expensive for large areas.