I planted a bag of 40 Lycoris bulbs and waited. I didn't wait enough, the area where they were planted got weedy and my husband and I both spent a bit of time one afternoon weeding it out. When we were almost finished I found 2 tall stems about as thick as hair with a cluster on the top. Left them in and just 2 days later, they had beautiful Lycoris blooms on them. I was upset but as my husband pointed out, we didn't pull out the bulbs, just ripped all the stems off before they bloomed so hopefully we will see some this year. Neither of us realized they would have no leaves and 1 very thin stem and weren't looking for them anyway. Now as to narcissus and daffodils not being appetizing to rodents. I planted about 400 daffodils one year and had beautiful blooms but not even 200. There are just a few left, I assume something ate them all. Something that didn't read the posts on here saying they shouldn't. The deer in our neighborhood don't read either. Carolyn in Los Gatos, CA