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Tulips and daffodils

green_grassgreen_grass Posts: 18
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Many of my pots tulips and daffodils came up blind, so I want to plant them in my wild garden for next year, do I let leaves die back and then knock bulbs out and dry them?? Or.take them out now and dry whole thing.?  And of course plant bulbs at appproprate time. 

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  • green_grassgreen_grass Posts: 18
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  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    Let the leaves die back, they will feed next years flowers. You can dry them off later or plant them out where you want them to flower next year, if you want to re-use the pots.
  • AstroAstro Posts: 433
    Personally I would just plant them where you want them for next year, that is how they would be had you planted them in the wild garden in autumn/winter. They will take care of themselves then and you need not worry storing them and about them being too dry or wet or getting eaten etc etc.

    It is often pointed out that tulips are not always reliable for returning depending on type and conditions, but nature will give you the answer next spring  :)

  • crosbyjoe3crosbyjoe3 Posts: 6
    There are only a few variety of tulips that will reflower reliably.
    YouTube will have videos on this

  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    Why is it that tulips don't come back into flowering like daffs do?
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    I think the reason is that they have been highly bred for flower colour and form at the expense of their perennial characteristic. I’ve found that some of the lily flowered tulips like Ballerina return every year so far.   Species or botanical tulips are more reliable repeat flowerers as they haven’t been tampered with by plant breeders.
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


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