Is it worth saving spent paperwhite bulbs?

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I love paper whites, I've had some success getting them to rebloom after a year , but no luck this year with the old forced bulbs, they all came up blind . Is it worth planting the spent ones in the garden (I don't have lots of space), ir should I just compost them?

Also -garden tulips - should I buy new every year? In the second year I'm
Getting lots coke up blind..

After flowering feed the foliage until it dies back. The books say forced bulbs usually need to be planted out in a bed for flowering the following year, but paperwhites aren't very cold hardy so I'd just repot in a bigger pot.

Don't put anything outside till the current foliage has died, as it will be too much of a cold shock

According to an article in the RHS magazine, paperwhites are not fully hardy.

Thanks for the replies. The bulbs I have saved from last year absolutely reported didnt flower so I was wondering about planting them out in the hope they will multiply but it does r seem that will be worthwhile if they are not hardy. I will just compost the spent bulbs - thank you

You could try replacing the compost and feeding them well to build up flowers for next year. If you’re going to compost them, you may as well plant them instead and regard it as a bonus if they come up.

I always put spent paperwhites in the garden. If they survive and flower then great, if not then I haven’t lost anything.

Re. tulips - they’re native to the Caucasus and it’s too warm and wet for them in the UK. In their native environment they will flower every year, but in the UK they fail after the first year or two. You could try Darwin tulips which last a bit longer, you might get 4-5 years out of them.

Some tulips are native to Europe, eg Tulipa sylvestris, but these tend to be delicate looking and low growing - quite a different “jizz”