What do I do with the greens after my tulips and daffodils bloom?

Kim
by Kim
  9 answers
  • Jane Jane on May 20, 2018

    just cut them down to the dirt.

  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on May 20, 2018

    leave them until they are completely brown, bulbs feed from foliage

  • Judi1 Judi1 on May 20, 2018

    Let them dry and then cut off.

  • Rowgop (Pam) Rowgop (Pam) on May 20, 2018

    Thats what I do too

  • 2dogal 2dogal on May 20, 2018

    Leave them alone until they turn completely brown. The tubers, roots are getting nourishment from the leaves.

  • Lizbeth Lizbeth on May 20, 2018

    Cut them down only after they've turned yellow & started to wither. If you remove green parts too early the bulb can't produce blooms the next year.

  • Ssv32312333 Ssv32312333 on May 20, 2018

    let the green parts turn yellow and wither then pull them off the flower with no harm to the bulbs but after about 5 or 6 years you will have to did the bulbs and separate them because they will bloom less if you leave them alone and not separate them. You will have more bulbs to give to your friends

  • Maryann Maryann on May 20, 2018

    after they turn yellow or start to dry out, trim them down to 2-3 inches from the ground


  • Vida Knab Vida Knab on May 30, 2018

    Martha Stewart has a video on “Braiding daffodil leaves”. Surprise to me but interesting.