To break dormancy and ensure flowering, most of the more common spring-blooming bulbs like tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, and crocus must be exposed to temperatures of 40 degrees or colder for at least 12 to 14 weeks.
Exposing bulbs to these cold temperatures stimulates them to turn on flower formation and initiates root growth. Most spring-flowering bulbs must be planted in soil for several weeks before the ground freezes for their root systems to develop.
Planting these bulbs too early in the fall can be detrimental because the bulbs may start to sprout too early. Sending up foliage too early depletes the energy that a bulb needs to get through the winter and bloom in spring. So, if your area is experiencing a long summer and temperatures are still quite warm at the beginning of fall, hold off planting until temperatures begin to cool down.
Here are the general rules of thumb for planting spring-blooming bulbs:. Take heart; all is not lost. Most bulbs on the store shelves were dug early in the summer and then stored for shipping. Storing bulbs out of soil all winter will cause them to wither and die. The important point is to plant your bulbs in the soil as soon as possible. Once the ground freezes solid, mulch the bulbs with a few inches of leaves, straw, or some evergreen boughs.
Some say to soak the bulbs in water before planting. I got out my gloves, and I started digging, planting over bulbs. Cold weather, but beautiful sunshine, and the ground was not frozen here in Oregon. I saved out a few bulbs for this old bucket. Get new posts delivered directly to your email box:. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published.
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Read on to discover when it is too late to plant bulbs and give your garden a lift next spring. In an ideal world, spring flower bulbs should be planted in fall, from September through December. This is when they are in a period of dormancy and the soil temperature and moisture levels are perfect for getting their roots established before the ground freezes. Tulips are the bulbs you can plant the latest. If you live in a very cold location, plant your tulip bulbs in pots and store them in a frost-free garage or basement over the winter then in spring, move them into a sunny position where they will burst into bloom.
You are right, bulbs are survivors and I bet yours will flourish, too. Thanks for this post as it has reminded me to plant my tulips very soon…only just taken the geraniums out of the pots where I need to plant them,. Ok I feel guilty now! Why do I hate bulb planting so much? Wish I knew! Thanks for an informative post. Put them overnight in a bowl of water and planted them afterwards. Very curious about what will happen….
Let me know what happens. So you guess I should have learnt a little lesson by now. You should be fine with those. They are pretty little tulips with a very long history. I was given a mixture of bulbs, gladiolus, acidanthea, brodiaea, Allie and oxalis.
Is it too late to plant them? Should I plant them NOW????? It is the middle of May and we did not put the spring bulbs that we bought in the ground. Can we put them in the ground now so the can root and then Blume next year. We live in Kansas. I doubt very much that it would be worthwhile.
Thank you SO much for your blog. I have bulbs all sitting in the shed at my church garden that never got planted last October. Reading your blog has encouraged me to go ahead and put them in.
My pleasure! Nothing to be lost by planting them now. Meanwhile I hope your mum is on the road to recovery. I have had three pots with all the tulip bulbs dug out by squirrels I think.
Glad it might not be too late to get some more in. You should be fine with tulips planted now. Perhaps put chicken wire over your pots or keep them in a shed or garage until the first shoots appear. Once they are rooted and growing they will be less easy for the squirrels to pull out. I bought all my bulbs and then the wet just went on and on.
Our garden, clay, has been uncharacteristically waterlogged. Had to walk on the grass eventually to get the leaves into the last garden bin of December and it completely churned it up. The borders were just too soggy. But this has given me hope that I can pop the bulbs in now. As things are a little drier, I think I will give it a shot. I am in the Uk and have just been given some spring bulbs, Daffs, tulips and crocuses should I plant them anyway and hope they flower next year or should I store them until the autumn?
Thank you for these tips and encouragement. Can I store til next year and how do you store? Hi Cathy.
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