Golden Valley Home Offers Yard of 10,000 Daffodils

For Warren Kapsner, planting flowers is a labor of love that has sprouted into something so much more at his Golden Valley home.

In Minnesota, we have the Land of 10,000 Lakes. In Golden Valley, we have the Yard of 10,000 Daffodils.

“I’ve been roughly keeping track, it’s between 5 to 6,000 bulbs, which have multiplied and each now are producing 3 to 4 to 5 flowers,” said Kapsner.

Do the math and that’s well past 10,000 daffodils.

Kapsner started planting them during COVID in 2020. He puts in hundreds of new bulbs every fall for maximum blooming.

His yard has four to five different varieties of daffodils. Late April and early May is usually peak bloom time.

Kapsner called this year “strange” for daffodils, showing that the white variety mostly bloomed this year, unlike the yellow ones last year.

Why Daffodils?

So why daffodils? For one, Kapsner’s late wife, Joyce, loved them. And two, they hold up quite well to wildlife.

“We have a real problem with deer. I mean, I’ve seen nine deer on this street, and the deer don’t eat them, they don’t like them,” said Kapsner. “Squirrels don’t dig them up, rabbits don’t eat them.”

Kapsner uses a drill and augur to plant all the bulbs. He said he can plant about 100 per hour. And he doesn’t have to do any weeding because he plants them close enough together.

“They’re the easiest thing there is,” said Kapsner about daffodils.

After the daffodils bloom for the season, other perennials —  hostas, lilies of the valley and wild geraniums — are ready to take over.

He also plans to plant hyacinths, which bloom about the same time as the daffodils, to add more color.

“The biggest thing is people really do appreciate it. I really can’t tell you how many people just stopped, just to thank me for doing this,” said Kapsner.

Passers-by can view the daffodils at his home, located at 130 Edgewood Ave. S. in Golden Valley.

Daffodils at Kapsner’s home.

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