Originally Posted by Bear Drummer

My mother bought some tulips to plant in an area that was already designated for other things... so they were put in pots out in the sun... they were forgotten about by me, while I was setting up the rest of the garden, and since nobody else was thinking of them, they dried up.... Then they were watered, and subjected to a 3 day rainstorm that knocked them down - as well as the fact that there weren't drain holes in the pots, so they were overwatered. One of these several things made the parts above ground die.

My question is - living in south Mississippi, there is enough growing season to start over... how should the bulbs be prepared to do this? I am not familiar with bulbs, so I really have no clue as to what to do...