Don't Worry - your bulbs are fine

It continues to be cold and snowy in Indiana. Most of the bulbs are still dormant, keeping their leaves and flowers safely below the snow. If a few leaves of your daffodils or crocus have ventured above-ground, don’t worry. This happens almost every year. As the weather warms you may see the tips of the leaves turn brown or white. The leaves underground are still fine and will emerge green and healthy, soon followed by the flowers.

Still worried? Take heart from these photos from 2005. The first is from mid-January. The second, with the dead leaf tips, is from February 3, 2005. The last shows the daffodils in full flower – complete with dead leaf tips – on March 18, 2005.