I ordered these tulips not knowing the cold front was coming 3 weeks later. Well they got to me. I planted thrm on a warm sunny day thinking winter weather had pretty much passed. Welp! New Orleans got hit and went into freezing temps. Luckily I planted them in containers. They all started spiking 2 days in to being i side. Yay!!! In 2 more days they will be back outside. I have counted the spikes and they are all coming out to play!! Yay! Loving what I am seeing.