Sunday, May 16, 2010

Is it too early to plant budding daffodils, tulips and hyacinths in S.W. Missouri?

I just bought the above plants that have already grown shoots, some a couple of inches high. Snow is predicted in 2 days. When should I transplant these bulbs?

Is it too early to plant budding daffodils, tulips and hyacinths in S.W. Missouri?
I wouldn't. The ones you bought have been forced, or grown in a green house and will not grow outside at this time. Enjoy them indoors this year, and plant them outside after all dager of frost has passed. Let the foliage ripen, and remove it once it turns brown. They might come up again next spring.
Reply:You can put them into a pot and treat them as a house plant, allowing them to flower indoors this season. Then when the weather is safe you can transplant them outside. Once they are done blooming try to give them as much light as possible until the leafs start dying back on their own.


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