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There's Still Time to Plant!
Think you've missed the boat on planting bulbs? Not necessarily!
Flower bulbs should be planted only after the soil has cooled down to about 55°F: after about two weeks of sweater weather when night temperatures have hovered in the 40°s. You can continue to plant into early winter as long as the ground is workable.
If time slips away from you, and you are unable to plant your bulbs before the ground surface freezes, you could place a black tarp (or cut up black garbage bag) over the surface of the garden, weigh it down with rocks, and hope that the sun's warmth can thaw it enough so you can plant.
Tulip bulbs are especially forgiving: they may be planted as late as January if there is a mid winter thaw. But after that, the bulbs are likely no longer viable, having been out of the soil, without water or nutrition, since their summer harvest in the Netherlands. Flower bulbs may not be held over from one year to the next.
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