If my bulbs are coming up now, does that mean they won't grow next spring?

[Kathyis6incheshigh]

Sorry to ask such a silly question!

There just seems to be an alarming amount of bulb action in my garden lately. Does that mean the new leaves etc will just hang around till next spring, when they'll turn into flowers, or will the frost kill them and the bulb be wasted?

Thanks again!

I want to know this too! I am a gardening virgin recently moved to house with garden I thought the first shoots of bulbs were in the Spring - is it global warming?!!

I think it depends on how high they get. If they flower now, then of course they won't flower in the spring. But they can grow fast now when it's warm, then stop for ages without getting hurt - we've had deep snow over bulb noses before now - and then start up again.
Though apparently this year has been specially muddling for plants, as it's gone cold then warm again...

Thanks Littlefrog. That makes sense! Is 'noses' the proper term?

I'm sure it isn't! But I just think they look like little green noses poking up through the soil!
Shoots, maybe? Leaves?

No,they'll still flower in the spring.Bulbs often do this and as soon as it gets cold,they'll stop growing until spring.Frost won't kill them or harm them at all.

I work as a gardener and every year I see this in my customer's gardens & the flowers still bloom in spring regardless.