Butterbear - I would plant them in a pot and keep sheltered (in a Green house if you have one) and just damp. If they come up plant them where you want them - if they don't....the compost heap. I plant anything I find regardless of whether it's the right time or not. If they do flower at the wrong time, they will correct themselves the following year.
Thank you Hollie and Granny, will see what happens...would the bulbs die if I didn't plant them at all until the right time for next year?(Not that I know when that is) I've never dealt with bulbs before other than the daffs which were already in my lawn when I moved in and I leave those well alone!
Yes, you can't keep bulbs for very long - they have a season when the leaves die down and they rest, which is when they're dug up and packaged etc, but if they're not planted so that they can grow when they're supposed to they will just rot.
They're only resting, not in 'suspended animation' like seeds.
Plant them and see what happens, and don't forget to let us know
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Butterbear - I would plant them in a pot and keep sheltered (in a Green house if you have one) and just damp. If they come up plant them where you want them - if they don't....the compost heap. I plant anything I find regardless of whether it's the right time or not. If they do flower at the wrong time, they will correct themselves the following year.
Yes, you can't keep bulbs for very long - they have a season when the leaves die down and they rest, which is when they're dug up and packaged etc, but if they're not planted so that they can grow when they're supposed to they will just rot.
They're only resting, not in 'suspended animation' like seeds.
Plant them and see what happens, and don't forget to let us know
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.