Last year I lifted tulips (and put them on paper on a shelf in the shed), something I have not done before, and I was pleased to get five flowers. Will I be pushing my luck to lift them again this year? Thank you.
People will gasp in horror when I say that I never lift my tulips, just leave them in the ground and hope for the best. This year OH counted them and I had 121 in the front garden alone.
There's a lot of factors involved. If you don't have the right conditions, or they haven't been planted deeply enough they tend to diminish over time. Some are slightly more reliable than others too. The bright red and yellow Apeldoorns for example.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I only ever buy species tulips, they come back year after year, and the clumps increase in size. The flowers are smaller and less showy, but IMO they are much better value. I buy from Peter Nyssen, but plenty of other growers sell them.
Thank you for your comments. I have been given some of the more showy type so without wishing the year away, I am already looking forward to next spring.
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If you don't have the right conditions, or they haven't been planted deeply enough they tend to diminish over time.
Some are slightly more reliable than others too. The bright red and yellow Apeldoorns for example.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I occasionally buy a few of the blousier ones, but I regard them as annuals, and a slight indulgence
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...