Hi, welcome to GoY, I think if it was wind damage, the leaves would have been looking a bit tatty, and I don't think they would all have a clean cut in exactly the same place, it sounds more like deliberate vandalism to me, probably someone a bit jealous of your display, Derek.

Do bunnies have access to your garden? I ask because a couple of years ago I noticed love-in-a-mist being chopped about half way up and the culprit was a rabbit.

I've known birds ( starlings ) to peck flowers off in this way , tho' why they do it I've no idea.

I lost some of the flowers on my alliums in this way, I think it was either mice or squirrels.

Birds, sadly, who will nip off he flower heads...

I get the same with a climbing rose - blooms snipped neatly off. It's really annoying! Grrrr....why do they do it? It HAS to be birds in my case, doesn't it.

Wow, I am astonished to read you very knowledgeable ladies saying with confidence that this is bird damage! I never would have thought it! Must admit, I really hope it WAS birds and not a very unpleasant neighbour! What a terrible disappointment for you Boxheater. Planting bulbs is not a fun job, and we only do it because it brings such a wonderful, and portable display in the spring. :( sad.

Cottagekaren "Planting bulbs is not a fun job"? Better not visit Bulba and I then we unpot and repot all our flowering size bulbs every year…

I know MG...but you two are 'dedicated enthusiasts' ! :)

I planted 9 tulip bulbs in a pot and only one has grown. There isn't an iota of the other bulbs left and I think a mouse has eaten them.

Mouse or the furry tailed grey vermin.