I had approx 400 tulips to plant last Autumn. I left it late to avoid desease. Most went in one big bed, the rest in pots. The pots were really disappointing. Only 2 gave a full show, whilst the other pots, maybe 4 or 5, either only leafed up and no flowers at all, or only 1 or 2 flowers per pot. The bed planting, has surpassed my hopes and expectations, especially as I know I lost a fair few to the field mice. So maybe I won't bother with pots next year? How long are Tulips supposed to last in situ anyway? I don't left and store them.
Yellow tulips might be a bit "samey" after all the yellow daffs but I find my plain old yellow (and plain old red) ones flower every year without fail with no special treatment and look fab. However I've bought more "exotic" colours according to the photo on the pack and been disappointed with the colour as its not like what the photo promised, also by the second year they have become rather puny looking. Last autumn I planted some extremely exotic looking yellow and red striped parrot tulips and they are absolutely more mad and bonkers than on the photo on the packet and have stood up to all the battering of the rain. It just goes to show what a game this gardening malarkey is and you can't predict if you'll win or lose.
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I had approx 400 tulips to plant last Autumn. I left it late to avoid desease. Most went in one big bed, the rest in pots. The pots were really disappointing. Only 2 gave a full show, whilst the other pots, maybe 4 or 5, either only leafed up and no flowers at all, or only 1 or 2 flowers per pot. The bed planting, has surpassed my hopes and expectations, especially as I know I lost a fair few to the field mice. So maybe I won't bother with pots next year? How long are Tulips supposed to last in situ anyway? I don't left and store them.
Yvie