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No flower buds on last year's tulips

EustaceEustace Posts: 2,290
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I had put away last year's pots in which I had planted the tulip bulbs after flowering. Now that I have retrieved them, I can see lots of shoots but no flower buds at all. Will the flower buds appear soon? Or am I being too eager? TIA.
Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth :)

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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Most tulips don't flower well the second year. Also they flower more when planted very deeply. A lot of people use them as annuals.

    As for yours - are they early or late flowering? If they are the sort that flower in early May they may be hope for them yet.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • yorkshireroseyorkshirerose Posts: 574
    I agree with Busy-Lizzie. Tulips are a bit finickity and quite often only show their flowers once.
    If they don't flower this year, remove them from the pot and try planting them out, deeply, in November.
    I make a good deep hole with a crowbar (as recommended by Monty Don) it goes deeper than a trowel or bulb planter.
    A gardener's work is never at an end  - (John Evelyn 1620-1706)
  • EustaceEustace Posts: 2,290
    Thanks for your replies. I'll wait until this season is over and plant them in the garden.
    Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
    And then my heart with pleasure fills,
    And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth :)

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