fall foliage from spring bulbs?

Last fall I planted a mixed bag of muscari, iris reticulata, chinodoxa, daffodills (tete-a-tete I think), and galanthus. They bloomed nicely in the spring and I let the foliage die naturally. This week I noticed foliage that looks like it is coming from the bulbs growing through the ceratostigma plumbago I'm using as a ground cover. Is this normal?

This message was edited Sep 17, 2006 1:06 PM

Yes, I have Muscari leaves as well already and I normally have Dutch Iris leaves coming up in the fall as well, though I haven't seen any of those yet. I do have some daffodils under a tree that I can see leaf tips emerging also. We live in very different climactic areas though so not sure what would be normal for you aside from the Muscari.

I too have noticed foliage from spring blooming bulbs coming up. They put on a wonderful show in the spring then died back completely. I think that everything I'm seeing is muscari and daffodil leaves. This is kind of weird for me because I don't think I've noticed this in years past. Perhaps it could be because of the strangely mild winter last year and then the really hot summer with the cool down right after? I really have no clue.

Edited to remove my double post. DG seems to be moving slow this afternoon...

This message was edited Sep 17, 2006 1:38 PM

Yeah, DG does seem slow and strange. We too have been noticing strange bulb-like foliage where it shouldn't be now. What will happen in the spring?

xxxx, Carrie

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Well carrie you have the record now at three times! :-)

Thank goodness this is somewhat normal. I'm relatively new to gardening in general so I had no idea.

As for climate, who knows what actual zone my yard is in. New York city is supposed to be zone six but the apartment buildings around me create a weird micro-climate. In the three years I've been here I've had weeks of mid-nineties in the summer and then get snow drifts of 2-3 feet which don't melt quickly because it's very shady in the winter. It makes for experimental gardening because I'm never quite sure what plants will do well, like the poor astibles I tried this year got roasted in full shade even with plenty of water.

Oh well, I have to look at the bright side, thanks to DG and catalogs I have plenty of plants to experiment with. This fall I'm trying some hyacinth, tazetta and jonquilla daffodils and more varieties of the iris ret. Here is hoping for a beautiful spring.

Those snow drifts should keep your plants nice and cozy in the winter!
xxxx, Carrie

Provided you get lots of snow drifts this year... :-) We had snow for only a couple of weeks last winter. I'm not a super fan of snow, but I sure wish that my baby plants had had a snow blanket! I'm hoping for more snow this year.

Yeah, I have mixed feelings about snow. I like the blanket in the yard for my plants. I like snowball fights with the neighborhood kids. I dislike having to shovel my 100 feet of city sidewalk. I dislike how grimy snow gets after a few days in the city. I guess you've got to take the good with the bad :-)

Here in Zone 8 I planted gladiolus' 3 weeks ago - 3rd week in August and I now have foliage 6-7 inches high. I also have iris' also peaking through about 2-3 inches. Since it doesn't freeze here until WAY after December, I just let them do their thing. I cannot seem to locate any info on what to do and it has never hurt them before (to go through a cycle in the fall where we have 80 degree days and 50 degree nights.