Bulb planting advice please

[stevekentuk125]

I brought some bulbs from gardeners word offers couple of months back for planting up my allotment. And totally forgot to plant them i was wondering if its to late to plant them at the weekend ? Any advice appreciated

the bulbs are:

alliums several types
iris dutch mixed
Muscari
Anemone de Caen
Chianodoxa lucilae

Wanted to plant some round the utskirts of my allotment pond etc

thanks

Steve

[veggiechicken]

IMO Its never too late to plant bulbs - they just flower later. Now may not be the best time because of the cold weather, but they're not going to grow in the packets so you may as well plant them - says she, looking at some unplanted alliums

[Alison]

It's pretty late but you've got nothing to lose - I've planted between Christmas and New Year before (daffs as I recall) and although they were late and short lived the first year they flowered.

[stevekentuk125]

great thankyou i will get planting :-)

[Bigmallly]

Oops, he says as he remembers the container of dutch irises that were lifted last summer..........................guess wot I'll be doing tomorrow...............

[Kristen]

Even if flowering is late / Not Much Cop!, they will establish next year and then do a good job in following seasons but in the packet they will wither away as VC said.

[rary]

In the past I have planted daffs. and tulips that turned up in February, (I think my wife forgot about them) there was frost on the ground when I found the again but rather than put them on the compost heap I thought I would bury them in the ground, and I had a great display with the daffs and tulips flowering at the same time, and remember if you dont try something you will never know what will happen.

[WPG]

Rary, don't forget to soak the anenome de caen corms overnight before planting, it'll speed them up a bit.

[emzgogo]

Hmmm just remembered I have some bulbs in a box in shed woops. May try and plant them tomorrow. Whats the worst that can happen ☺