I just bought a packet of dahlia, lily, and gladiolus bulbs. It is now almost June and...?

...and I am in zone 7B. The temps are well into the 80s. Can I still plant these bulbs or should I wait for the fall or even next spring? Will they be fine in their original boxes or do I need to do something?


I'd appreciate any advice.|||Just plant them. Gladiolus takes at least 8 weeks to flower. For the rest, if it doesnt bloom this year it may do so next year.|||Yep, just plant them now. Where I live you normally can't plant any of those until June 1 or so, and we get blooms fine. After you have planted yours you won't even have to lift them, zone 7b will allow all of those to be perennials.|||I would plant them. They may not bloom this year, but if you wait too long, they could dry out and die.|||Plant them because if you hold them over they may dry up and you wasted your effort.|||plant them.


We had bad weather here and still we are planting anyway.


nothing like watching something grow.