Re: tulips
- Subject: Re: tulips
- From: M*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 20:21:46 EST
In a message dated 12/3/2002 6:06:35 PM Central Standard Time,
tomatsoe@hotmail.com writes:
> Hi Everyone I have a question about tulips,...I have planted tulips for
> years, only to have them come up a few years later as a single leaf bulb,
> what causes this, they never revert back to what they once were the first
> few seasons they came up and bloomed,? This year I planted 3200 bulbs,
> of these 800 were tulips, every hole had a generous handful of bonemeal
> added before the bulbs were placed in the holes. tom
> tomatsoe@hotmail.com
>
Because they are best used as "annuals" or 'biennials" Most Tulips need a
long cool spring to regenerate the bulbs, not to many places in the USA have
those long cool springs.
The species Tulips can do much better and so can the Darwin types.
There are still a few old Darwin's around here that still bloom every
year-for the last twenty years.
Paul
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