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Is it too late to plant Tulips?

Bleating Lamb · 2015-12-03 23:06:25

My wife bought a bag of Tulip bulbs back in October but she never planted them.....considering the reasonably mild yet wet weather could we still plant them successfully say this weekend?.....or is it gone too late in the year? Thanks for any replies.

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04-12-2015 12:06am

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Bleating Lamb

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My wife bought a bag of Tulip bulbs back in October but she never planted them.....considering the reasonably mild yet wet weather could we still plant them successfully say this weekend?.....or is it gone too late in the year?

Thanks for any replies.

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#2 04-12-2015 7:49am
marask

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Last winter I planted mine - and all the other bulbs (daffodils, snowdrops, crocuses etc.) on the last weekend of January, and they grew and bloomed, late but they did .. snowdrops were blooming in april
So go on and plant them now, or later

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#3 04-12-2015 9:07am
looksee

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Well as some tv gardener said, they won't grow if they are left in the bag! Actually they will, a bit, but you will not get a nice show of flowers Plant them!

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#4 04-12-2015 11:04am
LurkerNo1

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No rush, i usually don't plant mine until Christmas, they will flower fine just know they need good drainage and full sun to do their best.

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