Traditionally, goren is right about the time to plant. However, if your bulbs are sprouting, they're telling you they want to live. If they're fighting without soil, nutrients, and water, they've definitely got a chance. If you don't want to plant them in the ground, try them in containers until you see if they survive. That will also allow you to control their climate a little more than in the ground. When you plant them, wherever you do, put a healthy dose of a fertilizer with a high middle number in with the soil. The middle number is Phosphorus which promotes plant rooting and flower starts. Since they're behind the ball this should help them out a little. Plantone has a 5 - 10 - 5 fertilizer though you could go with something higher and more pure if you want to - I have no experience with pure sources like 0 - 50 - 0 so I can't tell you how they work. They also have bulb food at places like Brecks that I always put in with new bulbs but I don't know what the chemical makeup is of that. Because you're so far south, and it really is the time that most daffs would be peaking or winding down, by the time that they get to blooming, or spending their growth cycle, it'll be a little warmer. Give these daffodils an extra inch or two of mulch on top of them (even in a container if that's what you choose) to help keep their roots cool. Then, if you had them in containers, plant them in the ground in the fall and fertilize them well again. On a basic level, as long as the bulbs never dry out, they'll live. My fiance has no idea about flowers, so when he bought his grandmother's house years ago, he covered everything with weed barrier and a few inches of stone. After I rescued the garden, I've been finding little surprises every year from things that had lain dormant for YEARS and are just now coming up. Granted, these were planted, but the point of my telling you that is that bulbs are tough. Good luck!

Heck if I know! I have white Zephyranthes Atamasco bulbs blooming now! Normal bloom time is Easter. I wouldn't worry about the daffodils. I have had them come up this early and still bloom on time in the spring.

I planted about 900 daffodil bulbs in one afternoon the day before thanksgiving right before the ground froze in 2011. I used an auger attachment with a battery operated craftsman drill. The craftsman died about 300 bulbs into it. Luckily there was a corded hammer drill available. The auger bit stripped after the next 200 bulbs. Luckily I always buy multiples so has another one It took about 5 hours to plant everything around the perimeter of the yard into the woods in Hingham. They bloomed beautifully the first year, I ordered from colorblends and most were double if not triple nosed. 100 bulbs for $39. The following year it wasn't as spectacular nor the last year. I found out that the gardeners that are hired just rip out everything that isn't a shrub at the end of may. Last year was the first year they were allowed to die back naturally so hopefully the will look better this spring.

christy - if your daffodils have bloomed they will not rebloom until next Spring. If it is just foliage you are seeing they'll be fine and bloom later this spring. At 2 -3 inches they've hardly begun so don't be concerned. It seems to be unusually mild in lots of places. I have daffodils blooming in my garden and there are lots in the local parks. They would not usually start flowering for a couple more weeks.