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My Tulips are Flowering!

CatDouchCatDouch Posts: 488
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I was very surprised this morning to see that my tulips have started flowering, it seems very early.  I checked the info on the packets they came in and, if they’re the right ones, it says April/May.  I wasn’t sure they’d flower as I planted the bulbs in early November and they’ve been outside in all the rain we’ve had, not under cover at all!  I thought they might have rotted but happily they haven’t. 


South Devon 
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  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,698
    I'm not surprised about your tulips being in bloom. I have daffodils starting to flower and pictures from last year show them in bloom a month later. Normally the spring bulbs flower in succession with the iris reticulata and snowdrops kicking off the display but everything seems to be flowering at the same time this year. No tulips yet though.

  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    That does seem early @CatDouch - most of the daffs flowering here but Tulips and Hyacinths have a bit to go.
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    I like your pot, beautifully aged and weathered.
    East Anglia, England
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    @CatDouch Lovely but not all that surprising. As others have said the weather is quite mild for the season this year... What species are they? I've just checked and one of my Tulipa turkestanica specimens has just opened, but they are early species anyway.

  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307
    Strangely I have just found a couple of  dwarf Tulips in flower here. Weird weather.
  • CatDouchCatDouch Posts: 488
    Yes it has been really mild recently hasn’t it and I am in South Devon so perhaps not surprising!  
    I’m not sure what species they are @Papi Jo the packaging that I think they came from says Chameleon Tulips?
    The pots were bought new @Marlorena but are made to look aged. I really like them but can’t remember where I got them as I’d like some more.
    South Devon 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Too early for any here, although there's foliage appearing, but if those are species/botanical tulips [I'm guessing that's the case] they're mainly earlier than the other types. Even if they're meant to be later, the odd swings of weather can throw them out of kilter. The big advantage of those are, that they're usually bright colours, so it's a welcome sight in late winter. 
    Enjoy them anyway!  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    They certainly look like Botanical Tulips, which do flower earlier, but certainly not that early with me, usually around the end of March.-
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    Very nice - and I agree, lovely pot.  I turfed out some tulip bulbs from a pot that had broken and popped them into a nearby plastic pot until I decided where I would replant them.  Forgot all about it until this morning when I saw they are all sprouting!  With no earth around them!  
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    ... and here's a pic of my Tulipa turkestanica (only one flower at the moment). Calendar of 1st flowering in my garden:
    2017.- 18 March
    2018.- 3 March
    2019.- 26 February
    2020.- 18 February
    2021.- 20 February
    2022-2023 ???
    2024.- 18 February

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