Tulip Bulbs Sitting Around Not Planted Last Fall

by Martha
(Minneapolis, MN)

I purchased tulip bulbs in fall 2007 but forgot about them until the ground was too frozen to plant. I kept them in the box in which they were shipped on a shelf in my garage. Is there anything I can do with them now?

Doug says they're likely dead. But if they're still very hard and firm, then I'd plant them and see what happens. If you let them sit for the summer too, they will be dead by fall.