Carol DM
Tulip bulbs are planted in the autumn before the ground freezes. By planting varieties with different bloom times, you can have tulips blooming from early to late spring. Some types are good for forcing into bloom indoors and most are excellent for cut flowers, too.
For some reason the photo uploaded sideways. Oh well, I guess you can still see that it is a tulip from my spring garden. I love the red ones. Feel free to comment your favorite tulip color below. Mine is the Queen of the Night black tulip. It is such a dark burgundy it looks black.
These are some interesting facts I did not know about the beautiful Tulip:
- Did you know: If you dig up a tulip bulb in midsummer, it’s not the same bulb you planted last fall. It’s her daughter. Even while the tulip is blossoming, the bulb is dividing for the next generation.
- To get the longest vase life, cut tulip stems diagonally, then wrap the upper two-thirds of the flowers in a funnel of newspaper and stand them in cool water for an hour or two. Then, recut the stems and the tulips will last at least a week.
- In 17th-century Holland, the new tulip was such the rage and fashion that a handful of bulbs was worth about $44,000.
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Have you grown Tulips in your garden?
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I would definitely like to have they spirited bulbs near me.
Great information to know, and very pretty flowers!
Thanks, tulips are really pretty.
Very interesting facts about these beautiful flowers, was impressed very much about their price in Holland in 17th-century!!! Adore yellow tulips.
Yes I have always love tulips.
Weird why it turned sideways … anyway I don’t have a favourite colour for tulips. I only recall seeing yellow ones … and they aren’t real flowers.
I thought it was weird too, ,never happened before. I love all colors.
I have tulips in the garden … my favorite ones are red
The red are like a bright light in the garden.
Well done! Nice post!
Thank you very much!