Tulip flower falls off before bloom  We just moved into our new home and found out we have a few tulip plants. Some of them have only one or two leaves and no buds. The others that have buds ...

How to get cut flower tulips to straighten up?  How do I get tulips to stand up straight in floral arrangements?

Doug says he loves tulip bouquets in the spring and here's what he knows.

First ...

Storing bulbs over winter  I bought some bulbs on clearance in Dec. here in Michgan so I can't plant them til spring. What's the best way to store them over winter? And can I plant ...

Potted Tulip Sun Requirements  I just repotted my tulip bulbs. Last year I received them as a gift and after they turned brown I put them in the fridge. I was going to plant them outdoors,...

Best reblooming tulips and species tulips  I know that the species tulips are the ones that rebloom best, and hybrids might not, but when I'm shopping, how do I tell which are species tulips? That ...

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

pink turns red  every time i plant pink tulips they come up red

Doug says you should get a better supplier. :-)

Tulip leaves and flowers disfigured  My tulips are planted in full sun, though not protected from wind. They are same variety but am getting tiny ones to regular size. All of them are disfigured....

Too much foliage few flowers  This is the 3rd or 4th year that my tulips are coming up, same spot - I don't dig them up or add any bulbs to them. Problem both last year and this year ...

Care of tulips that were dug up in Spring  My neighbor gave me a big bunch of tulips that had been dug up while they still had flowers. I want to plant them for next Spring. Should I cut off flowers ...

Tulips drooping  I had some tulips that were started in a greenhouse. Once I planted them in the ground outside, they fell over after about and hour. Why did they fall ...

tulips and mulch  I bought some tulips from Walmart this year that were already started (had foilage). Planted them and they were fine and many started blooming. Then we ...

Purple tulip care  I got a beautiful purple tulip for Valentine's Day, but I'm not sure how to care for it. The soil is dry, and I don't know how much water to give it, if ...

digging and storing tulips and breaking the rules  I have had to dig up my tulips which have finished blooming but have not ripened in the ground, so the leaves are still green. How do I ripen and store ...

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 ...