Ok, it's been 10 hours so I'm going to jump in. I have no idea what's going on with your tulips, but, I'm sorry to say that they don't look good at all. The buds have atrophied and won't bloom so I would just pull them and trash them (don't compost).

I would make an effort to get the bulbs as well when I pull them up. I'm not sure you will find all of them as I suspect some rot. Don't worry if they have rotted as your soil is probably fine.

It looks like some kind of blight, likely brought on my the constant rainy conditions. I'd remove all the diseased leaves and flowers and discard them, then hope for better spring weather next year.

LOL!! It is NOT the rain!! Some of the largest commercial tulip growing fields in the US are located just up the road from Seattle in the Skagit Valley. And except for January, we are well below monthly averages for rainfall this year. Tulips elsewhere in the same general vicinity are blooming just fine!

I would suspect Botrytis tulipae, aka tulip fire disease. Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do for these bulbs except to dig up and discard. And select a new location if planting fresh bulbs in the fall, as the fungal sclerotia can remain present in the soil for several seasons.

Cold, rainy weather favors Botryis tulipae http://plantclinic.cornell.edu/factsheets/botrytisblighttulip.pdf

Sorry, but yes, that's tulip fire. Usually a bad freeze followed by a stretch of wet weather will bring it on here and there's not much you can do once it's started. I lost a bunch of tulips over the last two years, but being naturally lazy I just waited for it to work itself out. This year has been drier, and I mulched everything pretty thick in order to keep the soil borne spores away from the foliage as much as possible, and things look much better.... but I think most of that is just due to plain old luck and less rain.

"Cold, rainy weather favors Botryis tulipae "

EVERY spring in Seattle is cool and wet!! That is our completely natural weather pattern!! However the vast majority of tulip plantings never contract this disease so I'd wonder about the location contributing to the issue as well........is drainage good, were tulips planted here last year, does it get enough sun, etc.

Here is a photo of this year's (currently in process) Tulip Festival fields.

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I think Callie is not making a comment on your weather patterns or ability to grow tulips in the PNW, but was simply responding to the OP's post indicating her weather was wetter than usual. You are local and have much more perspective, but others use what is given in the post to try and help.

I think it's a great idea looking at the drainage in the local area of the planting. The good news is that the OP can find success next year elsewhere in the property given the right conditions.

OP, I know this is disappointing to wait all winter to find this! My local big box store sells flats of tulips that are already in bud. It's not ideal, but it's an idea to get your flowers for this year.

Thanks, posie. You understood my post perfectly:)

That is a beautiful photo!

Any chance there was a hard freeze when the tulips were already in growth? Mine started having trouble when temperatures dropped into the 20's after they were already growing. It seemed like the damaged foliage allowed the tulip fire to spread during the wet weather which followed.

I'd consider ripping them out and planting a few pansies and avoiding tulips in that spot. Sometimes it's less trouble to just move on.

No hard freezes YTD 2018 in Seattle.......in fact we have had very few frost days since January. This is a pretty mild climate :-)) But there were a couple of hail storms and hail or other mechanical damage to emerging tulips can help to encourage this pathogen.

Thank you for all the feedback. I do think it is tulip fire and they are now in plastic in the trash. A shame as this ismthe same combination I loved last year: China Pink, Ballerina and Red Shine.

Oh wow. I hope you can try it again somewhere else, that's too nice to give up on! I bet the bulbs were infected from the source.