Daffs and tulips - lots of foliage but no flowers

[bitzermaloney]

Anyone know why the daffodils and tulips in my front garden might have come up with lots of foliage but no flowers? A couple of them have brown-tipped leaves but most look healthy and green, just no blooms.

You need to take the heads off after they have finished flowering. I would suggest digging up all the bulbs, dividing them up, and replanting to see if they come up with flowers next year. or starting again and completely replanting.

Thanks. They were freshly bought bulbs, planted by my uncle, who's an experienced gardener, so I can't think what went wrong.

There's an article in this month's GW mag about established clumps of bulbs not flowering, which is a problem I've got this year - they say water and feed clumps throughout spring, leave the stalk and leaves to die down; mark the position of the clumps and lift, divide and replant these bulbs in Sept / Oct; replant at 3-4 times the depth of the bulb, into improved soil; and do this lifting / dividing every 3-4 years.

Ours have been there for about 20 years with no interference!

It's very odd as this is usually a problem with established bulbs, as GBR says. Where did the bulbs come from?

Sounds similar to mine - lots of leaves and no flowers. Am still hoping they will appear at some point!

They just came from a garden centre, not sure which (uncle bought them too). Just noticed that the ones I put in pots out the back are looking a lot more promising (have buds at least).

They may have been damaged by mice, or possibly have a virus. If they do it again next year then I would dig them up and throw them away.

Just a thought but some daff and tulip varieties flower very late. I have daffodils that will not flower until April and there are no buds yet and also tulips that are May flowering where the foliage is only just appearing. Maybe there is hope still...

I have a clump of daffs in the middle of my garden which were there when I moved in 20 years ago. They usually produce at least a dozen flower heads with no interference from me- this year there are just two.

I am assuming it is the winter/spring conditions we've had and that normal service will resume next year!