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Found these bulbs not sure what they are?

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  • Ohhh ok I’ve potted them up separately so will see what happens 😬
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    The ones in the pic are definitely tulips.  :)
    It won't really matter, as long as you tie ribbon or string round the stems [different colours for each bulb type] or label them clearly once they flower, so that you know which are which.
    Then you can go from there when you later pot them up or plant them out.  
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • I remember reading about somewhere that planted their ‘old’ tulips e.g. ones that had finished flowering in pots, in the lawns and they came back each year it was a complete mixture of colours and looked amazing! 
    Don’t think my few stragglers will look like that 🤣
  • PerkiPerki Posts: 2,527
    edited January 2023
    I've been doing that today planting last year tulips in the veg bed not to many about 75 , I'll dig them out when they are done and bin them unless they are still a good size. 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    There are tulips which reliably return- mainly the species ones, but I'd never put them in a lawn. Any of the less reliable types get planted in borders here, but I don't expect to get very many coming back. Conditions don't suit.
    Hope you get some flowers though @*Astrantia*. If you've planted daffs, they should be fine, unless they're damaged/rotten, or there are young offsets which are too immature to flower.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited January 2023
    I think I’m getting a bit obsessed with bulbs as I bought more today hugely reduced in the garden centre, oops! 
    Hugely reduced because the daffs will fail, and the tulips may, or may not, still be OK.

    May I suggest ... planning.


    PS to other posters.  Why are my Tete-a-tete only multi-headed the first season?
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Why will the daffs. fail? They may not flower this year, but might be fine next.

    @bede, you just can't help yourself, just stop being so bloody rude.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    Planting Narcissus now is fine they may flower a little later but not a problem.
    Tulips should be planted Nov/Dec when the soil is colder. In very wet soil they need grit worked into the soil as wet winters are becoming a problem with them rotting.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I never plant tulips direct in borders, even in my raised beds @GardenerSuze, for that reason. Too wet and cold for them to thrive. Only the ones I've had in pots, as I described earlier, because I only get one or two in subsequent years. The species ones are much better for me.  :)
    The daffs will be fine, as @punkdoc has said @*Astrantia*. If they're healthy and mature enough, they might even flower a little this year. Otherwise, should be fine for next year. 

    Always a few good bargains to be picked up if you're canny. I've often done that, especially when starting with a blank canvas garden, which I've done several times  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited January 2023
    December 2021 I planted over a hundred N Cotinga  which were reduced. I kept checking as there was no sign of them when most others were starting to flower. I finished up with a lovely display but they were just late. 

    Late November I planted T Ballerina there is just one part of my garden I can grow them in the soil but I am not that confident that they will do well as we have had a lot of rain.
    Hope to move later this year a new garden will bring more challenges!

    I have made the mistake of moving Galanthus in autumn not a good idea, no flowers the following spring. 

    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
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