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can i replant dug up bulbs?

10 years ago

There's still snow on the ground but its a very warm day so I decided to do some late winter gardening and prune climbing roses and cut back Plumbago.

I lifted a section of Plumbago draping over garden wall and discovered a pile of what looks like small flower bulbs!

I have been gardening for 20 years in same home and have never seen this. Is it possible that something dug up like all 200 tiny early spring flowering bulbs that I planted years ago and hid them in a pile under my plumbago?

What DOES that?!?
Can I replant them?
How do I protect them next year?

We have always had rabbits and super aggressive squirrels but they have never bothered my front garden before and i have made no big changes recently so I am mystified.

I tend to do mass plantings so am unsure how to protect my garden.

Comments (2)

Donna
10 years ago
If the bulbs are still firm, I don't see why you can't replant them. Squirrels are said to dig up bulbs and certainly there are plenty of anecdotes to that effect on the forums. I cannot say that I have ever experienced it, though... Of course if you live long enough....
Wayne Reibold
10 years ago
I've certainly experienced it, even with Daffodils which they won't eat (I think poison to them).
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