Planting out pot-grown narcissus - bulbs above or below soil?

[DestinationUnknown]

A daft question I know, but I've been given a pot of narcissus which has a lot of the bulb showing above the soil. If I plant them out outside, do I cover the whole of the bulb or leave them as they are so the brown of the bulbs is still visible?

Thanks!

bump!

Daffodil bulbs should be planted about six inches deep.

I read that a basic rule of thumb is to plant to three times the depth of the bulb (so you could stack 3 bulbs on top iyswim)

Or if you're lazy, then minimum for most bulbs is the same depth as they are big IYSWIM.

RHS qualified

Thanks for replies. I wasn't clear sorry.

They are currently in flower, arrived in the pot with most of the bulbs showing, they are going into an outdoor planter to add a bit of quick colour. Do they need to be planted the same way, or with the brown bulb part covered?. If I plant them 6" etc deep then quite a lot of stem is going to be lost and they will look very odd!

In that case plant them at the nursery mark - which means with the soil at exactly the same height as they are in it now.

Once they've flowered you can lift them out, let the foliage die down and replant them as instructed above.

A very late thank you - that's v helpful (and means I got it right the first time, hooray). Great name CuttedUpPear.

Thanks for the name compliment - I stole it off another thread about demanding children so can't take the credit, but anyway