Tulips
This is a good thing because they are super easy to grow, almost pest-free, disease-free for the most part, last for years with a little care, can be grown in the house as well as the garden and with a little planning can be in bloom for a very long time. (you pick early, mid and late blooming varieties)
Video of Different Kinds of Tulip Flowers
Here's a video of the different kinds of tulip flowers. I made this 2-minute video to show you the gorgeous options you have when you plant this wonderful bulb.
Some pictures of tulip flowers - here are a few of my favorite tulips and two tips on taking pictures of this lovely plant.
Potted Tulips
Tulips in Water - here's how to grow tulips in water and what to do with them if you've been given them as a gift.How to Get Your Tulips to Rebloom
And if you want to use them for cut flowers, they make excellent long-lasting bouquets (note that florists now have blooms available year-round).
If you want to keep fresh tulips for a long time, here's the most important tip.
How To Grow Potted Tulips right here.
Tulip care techniques
are the same in pots and gardens. This is what they need in general.
Tulip Flower Arranging
Tulip wedding bouquets and how to arrange five different kinds of tulip vases. Also some advice on growing your own for your wedding celebratioin.
Tulip Growing Tips
Planting
spring flower bulbs can be done at two times of year and
here's the secrets to know about how to get your bulb to bloom.
Tulip planting instructions can be found here
Tulip Bulb Storage is necessary in some forms of gardening. Here are a few thoughts.
If you leave your flower stocks unpruned, the tulip flowers will often produce seed pods. Here's how to sow and grow tulip seed
Storing tulip bulbs is one simply skill to have if you decide to dig up your tulips after they have finished blooming.
Transplanting tulips can be done at several times of year (one is better than the other though).
So what’s your choice?
Hard
decision to make because there are
over 3000 registered varieties on the market and because you’re going
to have to plant them two to three inches apart and you want more than
one of each variety, you’re going to need a big yard to grow them in.
:-)
Flowers by the Color
Some gardeners like to chose their bulbs based on color so here's a list of white flower tulips.
And another of yellow tulips list
Here's the list of good orange tulips for your fashionable garden.
The most popular color is of course red tulips and here's a good list of available red flowering bulbs
Pink tulips are soft and relaxing in the spring. There's a good assortment to pick from as well.
And for something a little bolder, try purple tulips
And finally, here's a list of two color or bicolor tulips that are some of the showiest bulbs around.
Other Thoughts on Flower Bulbs
But let me tell you my bias :-) I like fragrant tulips and here's a list of the most fragrant varieties for your flower bulb garden.
This bulb is also the most hybridized and sometimes the parentage is tricky to determine (we’ve been breeding this bulb for over 400 years now and here's the Dutch flower bulbs history is world famous. You can still find some species tulips for sale (wonderful small bloomers mostly) and I’d recommend them highly.
If you're looking for stories about tulip history stories then here are a few.
Tulip Flower Forms
However those big bloomers are now divided into how they bloom
(roughly) rather than who their parents were. Here’s the breakdown.Double early
Single early
Triumph
Single late
Darwin hybrid
Lily-flowering
Parrot Tulips with their wild coloring are extremely popular but need a bit of protection.
Double late
Rembrandt
Fringed
Viridiflora
Kaufmanniana
Fosteriana
Greigii
Some species you'll enjoy
Questions and Answers
Q&A My tulips were hit by frost and now they're ugly tulips Is there anything I can do?
Q&A I forgot to plant my tulips Can I plant my tulip bulbs late?
Q&A Can I get my tulips to rebloom heavily next year if I don't dig them up?
I'm
now taking some semi-retirement time, so questions are
now only being answered here. (Click Here)
You may find yours already answered so do check out the lists below
What Other Visitors Have Asked About Tulips
Click below to see what other gardeners have asked about tulips
About sprouting of tulips WE've planted 22 tulips each individually 4in apart and 6in deep in our garden in the greater philly region around october 2009. and now in jan 2010 we ...
2nd year --weak plants Beautiful last spring, leggy, no flowers this spring. What should I do? Leaves were left till dead, blooms were not picked. Should I dig up and separate?...
Feeding Tulip Bulbs
Feeding tulip bulbs for best performance - questions and answers
Growing Tulips in Warm Climates
Growing tulips in warm climates Q&A by garden author Doug Green and comments by readers
Storing Tulip Bulbs
Storing tulip bulb questions and answers
planting direction
this may sound daft but which way up do you plant the bulb first time planter..
Doug says the real answer is that it doesn't matter. On a commercial ...
stopping tulip rot I want to plant my tulips in perennial beds... but with all I've read and have had my friends my experience, I understand that watering my perrenials will ...
pulling tulips up accidentally in summer as i was weeding my flower bed, a bunch of tulip bulbs came up. It is August, and I need to know if they will be ok to transplant at a later date. Or ...
Dug up tulips My work place dug up tulips after they bloomed but unfortunately the leaves were still green. I have taken some home and did not get to them for a few ...
Tulip Seed Questions
Tulip seed questions and tulip care by garden author Doug Green
storing spent tulips with foilage
I dug up my tulips and they still have green foilage: can
I store them this way,and remove the foilage in the fall?
Doug says that normally we want ...
hose off tulips?
Is it necessary to hose off the dirt from dug up tulips I am storing in a wood box in the basement over the summer??
Doug says that after the bulbs ...
pulled up bulbs Do spent bulbs that have been pulled up need to be replanted right away, or can I leave them out to gather sun in the leaves and then plant them once the ...
Tulip Flower Problems
Tulip flower problems from no flowers to short-lived flowers in question and answers from garden writer Doug Green
Transplanting Tulips
Transplanting tulip questions and answers by garden author Doug Green from visitors to his gardening website
tulip foliage damage
My tulips have holes in their leaves and the edges of the leaves seem brown and damaged. What can I do?
Doug says nothing. Something (a vole, beetle,...
water emerging tulips? Hi. I live in New Mexico. I planted tulips for the first time last October. It is now Feb 28th, and they have been emerging for about a week. We've ...
Another plant for tulip beds
What can I plant in a tulip bed to grow once the tulips are done flowering since you can't water a tulip bed throughout the year.
Doug says you might ...
Large tulip bulbs from small tulip bulbs After blooming in San Francisco Bay Area my large tulip bulbs have become much smaller. If I plant them for the next year, is there a way to make a larger ...
Pruning Tulips and Tulip Flowers
Here's how to deadhead and cut tulip leaves and flowers in questions and answers
Potted Tulip Problems
Potted tulip problems answered in question and answers by garden author Doug Green
What do I do now? My boyfriend bought me the most beautifull Tulip plant, but now it seems to be dying. I've never had a "green thumb" but don't want him to think I dont ...
I acquired bulbs out of season It is almost the middle of June in Nebraska (we have gotten 12+" of rain since June 1st) & I just acquired some tulip bulbs. I understand that they should ...
how to save my tulip bulbs
my tulip bulbs have some mold on them why is that and are they still good and how shoul d i save them from rotting?
Doug says - it's May. Why are ...
Somethings Eating My Tulips
Tulip care questions and answers about deer probllems and insect problems of tulips
splitting apart tulip bulbs If a bulb now has 3-4 smaller bulbs hanging from the stalk of the plant, should they be split apart when planting in the fall or when drying during the ...
tulips for wedding Hello, I am getting married next year mid May and would like to use Tulips from my own garden for my bouquet and decorations. Are there any type of tulips ...
pink turns red
every time i plant pink tulips they come up red
Doug says you should get a better supplier. :-)
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