Tulips and crocus bulbs

Father Christmas, very kindly, popped some tulip and crocus bulbs into my stocking this year. So:-

• is it too late to plant them?
• if it is, how best to "store" them for next year?

Thank you.

 

Plant them @"M" asap.
They won't keep till next year.
Still time.

 

Thank you @pete ... guess what I will be doing tomorrow?

 

What a lovely gift @"M". If you lived up here Father Christmas would also have had to bring you one of these to get them in the ground!

 

" M " , Just a thought but I would pot them up and keep them somewhere cool indoors. This is because if they've been kept in the warm for a good amount of time ( probably packed around July/August ) they may be too used to it snd with the ground being so damp they may rot before they have the chance to root, plus the cold ( if it is where you are ) may be too much of a shock for them.

 

Aha! That'll save me getting soaked to the bone trying to plant them outside today

If I plant them in a pot and keep them in a cool spot indoors, do I then gradually "acclimatise" them to the outside? Or, leave them until budding and then put them outside?

 

Either, it's up to you.
Crocuses are grown a lot for indoors, then they"re planted out after the flowers have finished, I usually grow them on my kitchen window then when the leaves are starting to die off plant them out for next year.

I think with the Tulips it depends on the type as some are a little tall to be kept indoors in pots. Do you know the name of them ? If they're a shorter species/cultivar you can do the same with those.