I've got Tulip 'Ben Van Zanten' in a plastic pot in an old wooden pail and they are flowering now - their third year. (Something else behind - not sure what. Ballerina?).
Going over now; I'll chop their heads off, give them a feed and leave them and see what happens next year!
Thanks folks for your comments. As always been a learning exercise for me.
Will store them and re-plant, see what happens. I had no idea what colours would pop out, ended up with a mixture. Being a first time tulip grower, I am just delighted to see them bloom. Will try and pick tulips from a catalogue next time not a random purchase. I prefer a single colour per pot, red will be a must have.
I used to have great success with perennial tulips in pots (lifting and storing) but a couple of years ago they succumbed to Tulip Fire so I had to start again with fresh bulbs and compost. Best of luck with yours. Tulips are beautiful flowers.
Will try and pick tulips from a catalogue next time not a random purchase. I prefer a single colour per pot, red will be a must have.
I'm the same - I don't like mixed colours in a pot either Browse the online catalogues of reliable sellers for lots of choice - P. Nyssen, Farmer Gracy, Broadleigh etc, for loads of choices. Oh -and get ready to remortgage your house because the list will be so long!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I think some of the "curated " mixes you see on the aspirational websites (Sarah Raven type) can look quite good but I am a sucker for a pretty picture.
That's exactly the power of advertising @alfharris8 I had a nice group of them in a pot several years ago @Dovefromabove, and a few managed to survive and flowered again after being planted in a bed - which I've now largely removed, so many bulbs were potted up. I can get them all together again in a bed, now that I can see where the moved ones are. Great colour
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Going over now; I'll chop their heads off, give them a feed and leave them and see what happens next year!
Will store them and re-plant, see what happens. I had no idea what colours would pop out, ended up with a mixture. Being a first time tulip grower, I am just delighted to see them bloom. Will try and pick tulips from a catalogue next time not a random purchase. I prefer a single colour per pot, red will be a must have.
Apeldoorn looks lovely. Will had that to my list.
Best of luck with yours. Tulips are beautiful flowers.
Browse the online catalogues of reliable sellers for lots of choice - P. Nyssen, Farmer Gracy, Broadleigh etc, for loads of choices.
Oh -and get ready to remortgage your house because the list will be so long!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I had a nice group of them in a pot several years ago @Dovefromabove, and a few managed to survive and flowered again after being planted in a bed - which I've now largely removed, so many bulbs were potted up. I can get them all together again in a bed, now that I can see where the moved ones are. Great colour
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...