Hello - I am a novice when it comes to gardening, so I am hoping you all may be able to help me. I recently received a basket of spring flowers; daffodils, hyacinth, tulips, crocus - it's just beautiful.
The problem is, I don't know how to replant the flowers outside. I live in southern Wisconsin, so it will still be a few weeks before the ground is thawed. In the meantime, the flowers are fading, and I am not sure what to do with it at this point.
Will I have to put them in the refrigerator for a while, or can I continue to just keep them watered and replant when it's warm enough? Is there any way possible I can get them to bloom again this spring after replanting outside? Do I separate the bulbs or replant as is? Thanks for your help!
Hey Trish, a gift of live growing bulbs is a gift that keeps on giving as you can definitely plant them out and have more wonderful blooms.
Just let the foliage die right back, though you'll need to keep them watered while that happens which can take many weeks or even months. The foliage needs to be fully dead before re-planting them as they use this period after flowering to stock up on reserve energy from sunlight photosynthesising through the leaves during the die-back period.
It sounds like the blooms you got were forced early as you say its still early spring there up in the northern hemisphere. You won't get another flush of blooms this spring, but you they will flower again next year.