Tulips

I got a beautiful planter of tulips for Mother's Day. I want to plant them so next year come back up. What is the best way to go about doing this? Right now they are blooming. Its a nice size plant, so can I separate them or do I plant the entire plant as one and then what do I do once the blooming is over?

Re: Tulips

Tulips grow individilally, (one flower per plant) , so what you have is several plants together.

It is the end of tulip season around here, but you can probably still plant them, and they will die back soon. The bulbs will stay underground, and should come back next year, as long as squirrels don't dig them up.

You can also leave them in the planter this year after they die back, plant the bulbs in the fall (which is when you plant bulbs you buy in a store).

You have to store them a certain way though so I would look that up if you go that route.

Re: Tulips

I (personally) would just plant them all together. I guess you could break up the soil and see how many bulbs there are and spread them out a few inches (6-12).


When they are finished blooming, cut off where the flower is. If you don't they will make another "bulb," but if you do, they send all the nutrients back to the bulb and you get bigger and better blooms the next year.

but don't cut the leaves back until they die/brown.

Re: Tulips

Re: Tulips

yes - exactly.

you can plant now or when the leaves start to dull a bit.

I m pretty sure that if you let it die in the pot, that you can take the bulb and freeze it until you plant in the fall. I have never done that though.