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Spring bulbs sprouting again?

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LadyFannyButton · 23/08/2021 17:47

I have a wooden planter that has, amongst other things, some muscari in, I noticed last week that the bottom had dropped off so planned to empty it today for DH to fix. They have started sprouting again -any ideas why?

Spring bulbs sprouting again?
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TalesOfDrunkennessAndCruelty · 24/08/2021 10:12

I’d guess (assuming that you’re in England) they’re a little confused by the wildly fluctuating temperatures and rainfall we’ve had this year.

NoSquirrels · 24/08/2021 10:19

My muscari are coming up too! Naturalised for several years - I assume they know what they’re doing.

SomeLikeItTepid · 24/08/2021 10:24

My Muscari are behaving in exactly the same way.

LadyFannyButton · 24/08/2021 13:11

So strange, they’ve never done it before. Wonder how they will behave in spring after a late flowering?

Everything else -eg. dahlia, corn-seems to be really slow & are far smaller (& behind) than they should be.

I didn’t think the weather had been that unusual where we are but maybe I’ve just not really noticed.

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MereDintofPandiculation · 25/08/2021 21:18

Autumn is the normal time of year for spring bulbs to start shooting. Yours are a wee bit early, that’s all

byvirtue · 25/08/2021 21:20

It’s the muscari. Mine sprout leaves in the autumn the flowers will follow in the spring.

DominicRaabsTravelAgent · 28/08/2021 00:05

I thought it had its seasoned mused a little as well. A neighbour has a beautiful, big Magnolia and that's currently flowering fir a second time this year.

BaronessBomburst · 28/08/2021 00:11

Mine are coming up too! I was weeding the front border yesterday and nearly ripped them out as I thought they must be grass. Then thought, hang on, that's where all my clumps of bulbs are.......
I'm in the Netherlands, so it's not just the UK.

Scarby9 · 28/08/2021 00:12

Some daffodils are coming through here (Yorkshire). The winter will be a bit of a shock for them.

whatisthisinhere · 28/08/2021 10:06

My magnolia has buds on it, second time this year.

MereDintofPandiculation · 28/08/2021 20:06

@Scarby9

Some daffodils are coming through here (Yorkshire). The winter will be a bit of a shock for them.
They always come through in the autumn, though that seems about 6 weeks early. I have to be careful about mowing the lawn late in the season because it the daffodils coming through. Also Yorkshire
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