Planting bulbs in April

I was too busy/too lazy to get my bulbs, mostly Dutch iris in the ground. If I plant them now will they at least bloom next year or just rot in the ground? The bulbs appear in good shape, but did not get the chill time. Thanks for you expertise!


Doug says - good questions. The real answer is that if you don't plant them, they'll definitely die.

If you do plant them, they might still be alive and will grow. If they grow, they might bloom or they might bloom the following spring.

There's no one size answer fits all here unfortunately. Way too many variables based on how you stored them, the size of the bulb etc.

As long as they are hard and not at all soft, they "might" be alive.

But what is clearly true is that if you don't plant them, they'll never bloom. :-)

Me? I'd plant them if they bulbs were still hard.