Re: Tulips
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Tulips
- From: M* <M*@aol.com>
- Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 03:01:56 EDT
In a message dated 98-04-04 23:57:47 EST, you write:
<<
To have tulips come back year after year, a few conditions need to be
met:
1. Select the right kind of tulips. Many species tulips will live and
repeat just as daffodils do. Otherwise, try Kaufmania, Fosteriana, or
Tall Late types.
2. Plant them deeply -- at least 8 inches -- in well drained soil that
gets good sun.
3. Fertilize with a good bulb food at planting time and each Spring &
Fall thereafter.
4. Don't cut off that foliage until it's very yellow -- that's what
provides food for the bulb for the next year's bloom.
The above works well for me in zone 5/6 -- most of the tulips return for
at least 5 years, some longer. Friends have had tulips repeat for 10 to
15 years -- planted 10 inches deep!
Anne LD
>>
Very good informantion.
I would recomend darwin tulips- they are the very large ones that bloom late.
Here in Minnesota we have had some that have come back for 15 years.
since we do not have any spring to speek of- tulips are short lived.
They need longe cool springs to grow there best.
thanks for the good post Ann.
"Plant them deep"
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