Quick Tulip Tips

It won't be too much longer before us northern gardeners will be thinking about getting our tulips planted for next spring. The nurseries will be bringing in bulbs any week now to tempt us to over buy with all the gorgeous new introductions. Once you have your bulbs purchased this article will guide you through the planting process. Read:
http://sensiblegardening.com/quick-tulip-tips/
Double purple tulips, when fully opened they look like little peony blooms.
A mass planting of one tulip variety is very effective.
Pink and orange, who would have thought?
Species tulips are earlier and great for rock gardens.
Bright yellow tulips are so spring!
Tulips make excellent cut flowers.
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  • Eileen Backes Eileen Backes on Jun 03, 2016
    Which flower grows in very wet soil
  • Ellen Ellen on Jun 03, 2016
    How do you keep cut tulips from drooping? I've even cut them under water. In 24 hrs they still droop!
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  • Jay Jay on Aug 31, 2013
    :) True!
  • Lba3380155 Lba3380155 on Jun 03, 2016
    My favorite flowers are Tulips, and I saw the most beautiful and awesome in Seattle, WA where my son lives, here in TX is very difficult to grow them, and I hate it.
    • Teresa Teresa on Jun 03, 2016
      @Lbarnett1969 You should plan to go to Holland Michigan for their annual tulip festival held each May.
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