No - they will completely dry out or rot and be worthless by next spring. Or if they do survive not being planted they will be super weak and not amount to anything.

It is hard to believe that the ground is frozen in any part of the United States. If you can stick a shovel into the ground to make a hole or trench to put the bulbs outside in the garden you can plant them. Even if the top few inches of soil is frozen you can dig through that and plant them. So get out there and plant them in the ground!! The sooner the better - spring flowering bulbs have to grow roots through the winter in order to bloom next year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G6YL3a_bZ8 - Video showing you how to plant bulbs in December

also research how to force bulbs indoors .. it would involve potting them.. so you could bring them indoors in feb or so ...

ken

If you really can’t get a spade in the ground you could pot them up, stick them in a shed and plant the entire potful out in the spring as soon as the ground is unfrozen.

But floral, that predisposes that his shed won't go below freezing for any extended periods, not a good assumption if his ground is already frozen. Frozen means a pot full of decaying mush.

I kept Daffs alive for over a 1 1/2 years in an unheated shed. I did not even plant them properly, just tossed soil over them and they were perfect when I finally found a spot for them. They have been thriving for a few years now. Not a recommended practice but it worked out for me.

Yes, I didn’t mention prolonged deep freezing in the shed. But that might be an issue if it freezes and stays freezing for long.

diggerdee - watch for mice if you have potted tulips in your garage. This year the field mice have been bad here, earlier they ate all of my perennial seed that was sown to stratify over winter - then they began on the tulip bulbs. I have caught nine in snap traps so far that have all looked very healthy! They will leave Daffs and Hyacinths alone, they aren't edible. My garage is heated and stays between 35 - 45 F. I don't force the bulbs but let them come on when they are ready. They usually bloom 4 to 6 weeks earlier than the bulbs planted outside in the ground.

Jeb, unfortunately I am all too familiar with mice lol. Interestingly, though, they have never bothered my tulip bulbs or for that matter any other plants in the garage (I used to bring in about 200 pots to overwinter). They have eaten through containers and bags, and nested in pots, and I am always VERY careful when opening bags of shredded leaves that are stored there lol - don't want to reach in the bag and pull out a mouse!.

My garage is attached to the house, but you have to enter from outside, and it is unheated. I pull the pots out when it starts to warm up in spring.

:)

Dee

For those curious about the frozen ground, I'm in Central Oregon at 4000 ft elevation on the NW side of a hill and my yard won't get much direct sunlight until March. Once nighttime temps begin to drop into the 20s here, and that was weeks ago, it's game over for planting. I'll pot the daffs and put them in the garage & hope they transplant OK in the Spring.