I garden my tulips like I do my garlic, digging it every year. I plant the same time as the garlic, just deeper, but it is time to dig much sooner, or about now. The foliage does not need to start to yellow for the bulbs to cure properly, but the foliage must stay attached; so the tulips must be dug carefully.

I have been doing this for some years now, and it looks like not only will I be able to do so indefinitely but I will also get some increase every year from my Red Appeldoorns. This fall, I will be setting up a nursery bed to grow on some of the increase which are smaller bulbs. I have accumulated a lot of them over the past few years.