No problem, not to worry. It is quite common for some spring blooming bulbs to put up some foliage in the fall, or much earlier than what one would consider normal. The blooms should be just fine and only the tips of some of the foliage will be browned by the freezing winter temps. Please see anyone have bulbs sprouting yet? Sue

I got, I think, 14 bulbs. Everyone of them bloomed and was gorgeous! Maria,I can not say why the Ones in Taiwan bloomed so beautifully for them, but I wonder if perhaps the difference between your weather and mine was why mine did so well and yours didn't. My climate is so much cooler, I think they just considered it was fall for them instead of spring, and went ahead and bloomed in (I think) October. It took them a long time to root, so once they were rooted about August-Sept I started seeing them putting out leaves and scapes. Mine spent the summer outdoors on a table, seldom watered since I was so busy in my big gardens. Our summers are mostly dry after July 4, and though we had one short heatwave up to 106 degrees, the rest of the summer was mostly under 75 with many cloudy dry days. Kaitlin, Naomi, whispering Wind,Lemon SPlendor,, Boysenberry Swirl,Emerald Star,, Brendan's Flower,, Elaine grace, Emerald Star Emerald Star Forest Fire, My Party Pooper...last to bloom so truly a Party Pooper, another view of Forest Fire, showing the flames, , Anita,

hehehe....as one of many sorta "wise" ones, all I suggest, if you can't guarantee a cool spot for them, perhaps they have other plans than mid-December blooms!! Once they do go dormant you are looking at 8 weeks of cool and then another 4 weeks of growth, so if they went dormant today they wouldn't bloom until late January. As I told my class a couple of weeks ago, the only way to nearly guarantee holiday blooms is to start with fresh bulbs that have been prechilled and are ready to bloom. Right now, if they are actively growing, I'd withhold water, not cut green leaves...but you could try the advice in a recent post about uprooting....(with roots and leaves intact), waiting a few days, replanting, etc. Read that post...it might not work, but you could be the one to make us believers!! Unfortunately, the weather doesn't always cooperate!! Imaging how much fun we have with this here in SE Texas!! It's 78 this morning at 06:00!! :-/ Kristi

Cindee, if I may make a suggestion: I would probably set the bulb lower in the vase to provide more support. It does somewhat depend on the diameter of the vase though - if it is not very wide, you may want to keep the arrangement as is to stabilize it with the weight in the bottom, but in that case, I would add some more support (marbles or rocks or beads) on the side of the bulb - I would go as high as halfway up the bulb. Just be sure the water does not touch the base of the bulb.