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Pitiful tulips

12 years ago

This is my first spring in my new house in the pacific northwest. A few tulips came up in a bed in my back yard, but they are pathetic and only one bloomed (behind a tree where no one can see it no less!) I suspect the previous owner cut the foliage back early last year so his landscaping would look nice for listing and showing the house.

Anyway, should I let the tulips do their thing and hope they come back next year or pull them up and start from scratch in the fall?

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iris_gal
12 years ago
Lots of posts on tulips and differing opinions. Much to be learned there.

Me, I would let the foliage die back. The I'd move the bloomer out from behind the tree. And let Mother Nature take her course.
calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9
12 years ago
It sounds like you are not getting enough chilling for naturalization of tulips for multiple year blooming. Check with other tulip gardeners in your area. Al
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princessgrace79
12 years ago
I'm in the pacific nw as well and we actually has a colder than normal winter with that crazy snow storm, so that shouldn't be it.. However they might be a few years old, I find tulips here only seems to last a few years.

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