Ready for a spring boost? Detroit says it plans to plant 1 million daffodils in the city by the fall of 2020.

In fact, 265,000 bulbs already planted, have started to bloom along medians and parks – with 209,500 bulbs more to go this year.

The ambitious project sprung into life in 2014 when four staff members planted daffodils in Palmer Park -- and has now grown into a citywide initiative.

"We are excited about this announcement to plant 1,000,000 daffodils in the city of Detroit and we will continue our daffodil commitment as symbol of hope and rebirth," Robin Heller, Chair for the Daffodils 4 Detroit, said.

This fall, daffodil bulbs will be planted in the following locations:

Location Total bulb ct.

Jefferson medians (at Altar going west) 2,500

Erma Henderson Park 1,200

*Belle Isle – Jefferson grass medians 50,000

Lincolnshire Park 17,100

Lafayette medians 14,000

Riverside (E. Grand Blvd Medians) 13,700

Rosa Parks medians 12,700

Higgins Park 9,450

Oakman (medians at Davison) 8,800

Mansfield-Diversey Park 8,050

Viola-Liuzzo Park 7,100

Jefferson/Belle Isle Entrance (flower beds) 7,000

Simmons Park 6,300

Syracuse Park 6,000

LaSalle Park 5,700

Gordon Park 4,600

Lafayette Park/Jefferson 4,250

Szafraniec Park 4,000

Gorham Park 3,850

Hackett Park 3,600

Doan Park 3,300

Wells Park 2,800

Field Park 2,400

Luce – St. Louis 1,800

Chandler 1,600

Yakisch Park 1,300

Sak Park 1,200

Boyer Park 1,200

Latham Park 1,050

Mack and Warren 800

Scripps Park 800

Hansen Park 600

Cross Park 500

Davison 400

2018 TOTAL 209,650

When asked “why daffodils over other species of flowers?” Brad Dick, who runs the city’s General Services Department, had a simple answer: “Aside from being beautiful, the squirrels leave them alone. If we planted one million tulips, they’d be gone and we’d have a lot of well-fed squirrels.”