Keeping Semi-grown Plants?

[Hillwalker]

I planted some daffodil and tulip bulbs probably a bit too late. That and this gorgeous weather we've been having has meant they've missed their season and haven't had time to fully develop: they produced 2-3" shoots, stopped and are now starting to decline.

Will they be OK to keep 'till next year?

[Ouya Mellsa]

Should be, yes, although flowering may be reduced next year. They will recover.

[Two_Sheds]

I planted my daffs in Sept '09 and they were up and flowering a month later (5 months too early)

This spring they'd righted themselves and came up normally

[Hillwalker]

Thanks for the replies. I've just noticed, one of the daffodil varieties, Thalia, has mushy, decomposing stems.

[Two_Sheds]

mushy isn't good, compost heap for that one

[Hillwalker]

mushy isn't good, compost heap for that one

I had a feeling that'd be the case. Pity, the Thalia were the ones I was looking forward to. Don't know what possessed me to get the tulips, we don't even like them. Half-price bulbs are so tempting.