Hi all. With the strong winds this week here in Northumberland the majority of my tulips heads have blown off, is that them finished now and do I cut the stalks and leave the foilage like daffodils
Yep, just cut the heads off, give them a feed, and leave the foliage to die down naturally.
You might invest in some shorter tulips to go along with those ones for next year. Shame about the winds. But if you've got a variety of heights you can hedge your bets.
Always a problem with tulips - bad weather appears at the wrong moment. Planting bulbs where they'll get support from emerging perennials or small shrubs is a good way of dealing with it.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I bought tulip bulbs cheap just before Christmas (because we are told to plant them in Nov) and planted them up in pots. I can then put them out in the "empty patches"among the daffodil leaves etc and site them where they can be seen to best advantage. When they have finished looking their best I can move them elsewhere to die back etc and replace them with something else or not.
other advantage in pots is that the tulips often don't come out the same colour as in the picture, in which case its easy to move them elsewhere if they are upsetting your colour scheme! Later in the season I will put out the lilies in pots in a similar way when they are looking good.
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what a shame, i would say cut the seed head bits off, that's what i have done.
Yep, just cut the heads off, give them a feed, and leave the foliage to die down naturally.
You might invest in some shorter tulips to go along with those ones for next year. Shame about the winds.
But if you've got a variety of heights you can hedge your bets.
Always a problem with tulips - bad weather appears at the wrong moment. Planting bulbs where they'll get support from emerging perennials or small shrubs is a good way of dealing with it.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I bought tulip bulbs cheap just before Christmas (because we are told to plant them in Nov) and planted them up in pots. I can then put them out in the "empty patches"among the daffodil leaves etc and site them where they can be seen to best advantage. When they have finished looking their best I can move them elsewhere to die back etc and replace them with something else or not.
anna64 i am loving that idea, i could do that with the daffs aswell as it has been driving me crazy waiting for the leaves to die down everywhere
other advantage in pots is that the tulips often don't come out the same colour as in the picture, in which case its easy to move them elsewhere if they are upsetting your colour scheme! Later in the season I will put out the lilies in pots in a similar way when they are looking good.