I'm still a novice myself but my bulb foliage isn't poking through the ground at an even rate. Daffs, Tulips, Hyacinth, Iris Reticulata, Crocus, Pushkinia, Squill...some of each are up and some of each not...right in the same beds or containers. I'm not privy to the inner workings of each bulb and they seem to have their own individual internal clocks. No doubt much more experienced bulb people can say with more certainty or "informed maybe" what's going on. The linked Bulb Guide says you might need to prechill some bulbs in Zone 7 but don't know if it's necessity since I don't garden there. If you scroll down on the linked page you'll see the optimal planting times for Spring blooming bulbs. Don't know what kind of Tulips you have but different varieties bloom at different times...early, mid and late Spring. I should've had my bulbs in the ground by November but had some still in bags at end of December so planted them. Some are coming up and others aren't. Better to plant than toss as long as you can work soil (or use containers which I do with some bulbs) as they might give you bloom next year if some don't bloom this year. You just have to make sure they have good drainage so they don't rot until next next year. Last year in late Spring I took a lot of bulbs out of beds to rearrange some things and containers since I needed them to plant annuals. I carefully tipped bulbs out of containers onto newspaper and took them out of soil with as much top growth and roots as I could manage. The Tulip bulbs were mostly rotted so had to toss them...didn't know about keeping soil very well draining then. Daff bulbs were mostly fine. I got an old laundry basket with side holes from my recycling center, lined it with newspaper and "planted" the bulbs in the basket using the container potting mixed lightened with some perlite. Kept watering until foliage died back and then just moved entire basket up against house for rest of year until December. When I tipped the laundry basket over the Daff bulbs had LONG roots. I scurried around to find a place to replant them and just hoped for the best. Turns out there were a few Tulip & Hyacinth bulbs in there too but most have started to throw up foliage. I was lucky enough to have much of those long roots intact. Just luck and desperation...no horticultural sure footedness here. :) Still, it's going to be "wait and see" unless someone with Zone 7 experience can tell you definitively if any of your bulbs needed prechilling...if you didn't buy prechilled bulbs to start with. Good luck...hope something sprouts for you this year. Here is a link that might be useful: Ames Bulb Guide

When I used to work at the garden center, we could take home stuff after it was discarded. I used to like getting the leftover bulbs. At times, it was as late as New Years, and, since the ground was frozen, I would have to just winter them over in bags in my garage, cold but not freezing, and plant them as soon as the soil thawed. It generally worked out fine, they would usually bloom and grow reasonably well, albeit tulips were often very short from the lack of a proper chilling period in-ground.

LMAO... Sharon! Whatever possessed you to ask him if he likes gardening? Do you ask all TV hosts if they like it? Seriously I am laughing so hard. There's gotta be one out there who likes gardening. If you e-mail Martha Stewart I bet she will read your letter on her show and say "no, I just pretend to, I have a staff to do it for me". Oh my. Gillian

My last to bloom has consistently been Smokey Mountain Autumn which is a bud builder. I've had it bloom even in September in a good year. It had been in a smallish pot for over 7 years, but this last winter with its prolonged cold spell with temperatures in the single digits for days and days finally did it in. A shame. A classic daylily. This year Coral Corduroy will take the prize, but certainly not as long as Smokey Mountain Autumn.....Maryl