when to plant freesias and marcissus bulbs

This is my first year planting bulbs. I'm chilling my tulips in the fridge for the recommended 6 weeks but am not sure when to plant the freesias and narcissus. Should I wait untill the weather gets cooler? I plan to grow all of these in containers.

I would go ahead and plant them. My narcissus is already up as are some others. Good luck with the tulips. I have given up on them.

What was your experience with the tulips? Are they hard to grow or are they just hard grow in our zone?

I am a LAZY gardener. I do not have the room in the fridge for a bunch of bulbs nor does digging them up every year appeal to me. I just did not get enough bang for my buck with tulips. Too much trouble for one flower. I do grow glads, watsonias (my personal favorite), a few freesias, and the orniwhooziwhatsits that I can never remember the name of. Lol.

Problem here is lack of cold. Here are some bulbs that I dug yesterday and you can see they are all sprouting again even though the old foliage is not yet all dead. Most of my "spring" bulbs bloom in late February and March. I have been trying to rid myself of narcissus for a couple of years now. I planted 10 and they took over the garden. Tulips and hyacinths do very poorly for me. Can't winterize in a place that has no winter. I AM going to get some more colors of watsonia though. Good luck

Plant the freesias now. They bloom here in Northern CA in late Feb/early March. Narcissus can also be planted now. The new hybrids don't tend to repeat well, fading after a few years.

Tulips are best treated as annuals here, unless you have room in the refrig to waste. Tulips, narcissus, and daffodils of the newer, fancier hybrid varieties will stop blooming after a few years, just the way they breed them. Older, more reliable varieties of narcissus and daffodils will return as they don't need the chilling that tulips do.

You might find it's much easier to plant bulbs that do well in our mild-winter climate, instead of fussing over the ones that need winter chill.