I hope they do well Mups 
I love the bulbs but last years got flattened by the late snow .
When I have planted wallflowers in other years they have gone on and on flowering right through to the spring
I hope you donât mind me responding but if they were still in pots throughout the winter then the frost most likely got them.
I plant mine right into the ground and they come up every year.
A good time to be planting bulbs is now, I am giving the raised vegetable beds a breather and planting them up with daffodils, tulips and grape hyacinth, Blue grape hyacinth around the edges with yellow daffs and red tulips in the middle
You should have a good show there next year then. 
I hope so, the soil is a bit undernourished so fingers crossed
Of course I donât mind you responding,we learn from each other,:-)âŠthe thing is Bratti,I put them in pots,the first time I planted them,we had a harsh winter,but come spring,I had the most beautiful show,âŠthe second year,I left them in the pots,only leaves,no flowers,âŠmy question is,why didnât the frost get them,when I planted them,for the first time?.
Why plant them now Rehab,?..just curious to know,âŠyou must post pics,when your bulbs flower,sounds like you will have a beautiful show.
Watch those grape Hyacinths Rehab, they spread like wildfire :shock:
Pauline, I donât think it was the frost. Did you leave the greenery to die back naturally after the bulbs flowered the first year? If you cut the greenery off too soon the bulbs donât get enough sunlight to make them flower the next year.
Also if theyâre in compostâŠcompost loses itâs oomph pretty quickly so theyâd need either some fresh compost or feeding, or both!
I find the problem with bulbs is all the foliage after the flower has died which you have to allow to die back naturally. I have a very small garden so space is limited I get irritated that they take up too much space. I love dwarf daffodils and tulips though:)
Because they were big bulbs .
The second year they had used up all the nutrients in the pot and so didnât make good bulbs they werenât dead else they would not have any leaves.
If you put bulbs in pots either dig them up and put them in the ground the following year or dig them up replace soil with new stuff and replant .
Rehab,I have planted some tulips,into a container,in the porch,it gets plenty of sunshine ,but no rain,âŠshould I water them now?..
Thanks Nicol and Muddy,I am such a novice,âŠat planting bulbs,âŠI will take your advice and hopefully learn from it,âŠ
Derrrrrrr,I never thought to take them out,
âŠwhat a waste of bulbs,âŠany way I have taken on board all the advice,so should have a nice show,come spring.
Your garden will look lovely PaulineâŠyou have the eye for detail and making things look pretty:)
I love those open dwarf tulips that are popular now in really bright variegated coloursâŠnot sure what they are calledâŠWill look it up and get back to you on it later.
They are so cute but mine always get eaten by something .
Yes, especially tulips, they look so scruffy after theyâve flowered, which is why mine are in pots, then I can move them somewhere they canât be seen. I think if I had to have them in the ground I wouldnât bother with them.
Not really necessary, rain will do the job for you, certainly water in the spring when the shoots start to show, a couple of questions, how deep are your tulips planted to the base of the bulb and what is your container made of?
It said to plant them 8 inches deep,my container is at leat 3ft high,so plenty of soil for them to root,itâs made of plastic,but protected in the porch,âŠdaffodils,they said to plant 3inches deep,âŠoh well,Iâll just wait and see,Iâve planted quite a few yrs back,they all came up,and a beautiful show I had,this yr,Iâve put most of them outside,in the ground,
Sounds good I generally plant daffs and tulips about 6 inches deep, but the tulips are an average size bulb, and the daffs are gi normous. I asked about the containers because terracotta pots need watering more than plastic or metal, I am sure you will get a good display