Some of mine have been shoving through, about an inch, for a week now. I can understand it down south but not up here. No idea which variety they are as they were chuck outs from my volunteer job. Rather lovely though.
I had some last year in a big plastic pot that I put into a wooden pail for display last year which I took out after flowering to be replaced with another pot for summer flowers (Gazanias grown from seed that didn't do at all well since you ask!). The tulips were placed in a sheltered spot but I noticed growth a couple of weeks ago so they are now back in the wooden pail and looking healthy. I'm just leaving them to do their thing. Similarly the species tulips under a tree are also showing themselves. Edited to add: all other tulips, including newly planted bulbs, are still fast asleep in the ground.
Some of the later tulips will go a few years - diminishing over time, but it's hard to replicate their ideal conditions in the UK. I just stick them in borders [raised one with the warmest aspect] and let them get on with it. I get a couple of flowers here and there. Cold is fine for them [ their origins are basically cold in winter hot in summer] as long as it isn't lots of wet cold. They need a decent season to build themselves up too, which is another problem for the UK. I love them, but I'd have to buy new ones every year for pot displays, so the species ones suit me better.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Same here, in pots sitting next to the house. They’re mostly triumph or single late tulips. I haven’t watered them — I think rain will arrive at some point, and the pots still feel heavy.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Still very early for that type though.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Similarly the species tulips under a tree are also showing themselves.
Edited to add: all other tulips, including newly planted bulbs, are still fast asleep in the ground.
Cold is fine for them [ their origins are basically cold in winter hot in summer] as long as it isn't lots of wet cold. They need a decent season to build themselves up too, which is another problem for the UK.
I love them, but I'd have to buy new ones every year for pot displays, so the species ones suit me better.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...