@@GardeningatDouentza These that will continue to come back, can you cut them for vases? Is there a place to gather the list of tulips that will come back? Thank you
Wow. Best tulip video ever. I'm a Garden Answer Groupie but I learned so much more in this one video even after hours of research. Will rewatch every time I make a bulb order.
Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. I did notice a lack of this information on UA-cam but now it is there for all to benefit from. Happy growing.
Wonderful information! I’m an instant fan! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with those of us who appreciate the beauty of God’s glorious creation. Blessings to you and yours!
Thank you! You've saved me from an expensive mistake. I'm planning to plant hundreds of bulbs under my lawn, but I didn't realise that some don't repeat flower!
Thank you so much my dear friend for explaining this tulip fact to me. Now i know how to keep them for years to come. Even here on the gulf coast of Texas. Now i understand why they always rot on me.
I am glad you found the video useful and I wish you much tulip success. Texas is having a terrible time with the weather at the moment so stay safe and warm!
I just found your gardening channel. I grew up in the US with Irish immigrant grandparents. My Grandfather was a wonderful gardener. I met him every day in the garden after school . I picked up my love of gardening from him. I have had trouble with my tulips returning each year and just accepted that I would replant them each fall. Then you talked about digging them up and drying the foliage . And I had an instant flashback to seeing our basement floor covered in tulips, lying on newspaper. Now I understand. God Bless and Thank you.
Best tulip advice I've come across in years! Very through information and great tips for sucess. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge of tulips with us.
Subscribed Immediately the other day. Never learned so much about tulips. By accident I have a Red Tulip variety that unlike all my others comes up every year. Now I know why.
Wow, I felt like I was back in school taking notes. I am literally typing this comment then going straight to check what type of tulips I bought the other day. Hopefully they are Division 4, 13, 12, 14, 15 or 6. Thank you for the great video. Liked and subscribed👍
A very informative video. Tulips are stunning they're my second favourite flower after Roses. I hope to one day have a garden of my own to grown them in
Thank you so much 🙏. This is exactly what I was looking for. You video is informative, clear and full of info. You should be seriously proud of it, it must have taken a mountain of work😁.
Thank you so much. I did feel this was a video that needed to be made and information that wasn't generally available. It was difficult to sort iformation in a cohesive way so it's great to see such a generally positive response.
Rachel this is such a great video and just what I needed to see as I’m just about to plant mine. I bet I’ve bought non perennials but I’ll plant them anyway and next year I will order online from a good stockist following all your great advice. Feeding with a liquid fertiliser after flowering is a great tip and I will dig them up each year in future too. Great info Rachel, thank you!!
@@GardeningatDouentza I only have 250 to do but it’s still raining. I have a week off school for half term and had hoped to do so much but it has rained all the time so far. I don’t fancy housework or paperwork instead so I will carry on watching UA-cam videos and hope it stops! Happy gardening and lovely chatting.
Wow! This is without a doubt the best video I have seen in selecting, planting and maintaining tulips. I could not agree more. We would love to introduce double lates into our borders but it is just not in the cards. We chose to go with the double Darwin Akebono and one of the greens - Green Star. #FingersCrossed We are also beginning to explore the species tulips by planting the heirloom Fire Flame.
Wow Rachel I admire you with your 750 tulip bulbs. I would put them in 7 days in the soil but if I am so exited about the outcome I could do it in 3 😁 days maybe. God bless you Rachel hope you get help to plant the bulbs. 🙏
Thank you for your kind words. Those bulbs have been in the ground for 2 springs already and they look great. You can check out last spring's garden tour videos to see them last year but do look out for this year's April garden tour, coming soon. Happy Easter.
@@GardeningatDouentza I love flowers my favorite are orchids. They are soooo beautiful. I am definitely gonna search for your videos. Blessed Easter and your families too.
Thank you so much ! What a wealth of information on this post !! I didn't have any clue about the different groups of tulips before watching this, sadly I already bought Triumph ones cause they look attractive. I will be putting them in pots and treat them as annuals . Since watching this, I bought Greenland and Purissima as you recommended for repeat flowering. Thanks again 🤩
I'm glad you liked the video and find it useful. I also bought Groenland/Greenland for the first time this year (see my latest video). It's very interesting with its pink and green combined! I trust it will do magnificently in both our gardens. Well, I better get on with my tulip planting...
Excellent video, I watched it twice, second time with a notebook! I will look over my tulips and see what categories they fall into and know better every year. I've waited to plant many out because I fear voles will eat them so I was going to make simple wire cages to bury them in. Hard to find the time!!
Yes, time is needed for all these things. Sounds like you may have the solution to your vole problem though. I'm glad you found the video informative and I wish you a happy weekend
So this ought to be a lesson to everyone, sometimes hybridization doesn't necessarily make things better. In this case all the breeding and messing about with Tulips has made many of them less of a performer in the garden.
Something similar has happened to guppy fish in recent decades. The hybridization & specialized breeding has produced animals that lack the hardiness & vigor of the wild types, most of which have now perished completely in their native habitats
Would you lift tulip bulbs planted in garden? I’ve enjoyed a great display following your advice on choosing bulbs from bulbi. I also had a wonderful display in pots. Should I lift and store these bulbs as pots are beginning to yellow now and I might need the pots for summer bedding. Please advise and thank you for helping this beginner gardener.
If you have planted non-return varieties in your garden then you will need to lift as explained in this video. I think you already answered your own question re the pots.
Very helpful, thank you! I made some bulb lasagna planters this year as holiday gifts and made sure the tulip varieties were planted deeply and were of the types that might come back again the next year. And for my own garden, I’m planning to try to augment a wildflower meadow with assorted tulips and keep replenishing it with bulbs from each year’s old container displays. Gardener’s World hooked me on the idea of a meadow with long grass and a sea of tulips in spring. I’m thinking if I plant them deeply enough with a little compost and bulb booster they’ll have a happy “retirement” for years to come. Your video is going to be a big help there!
Such a great video and tells us exactly what to look for when shopping for tulips. I did not know or pay attention to the different divisions of tulips for a long time, and had pretty much given up on tulips because of poor repeat performance. Now I'm into tulips again!
How sad to think that you had given up on tulips but I am glad if my video has helped redress that. Thank you so much for watching and wishing you a very happy and floriferous new year.
Thanks for this helpful video .I bought two beautiful blooming tulips in pots in winter.It’s possible to make them bloom again this spring?and what can I do?thank you
Thank you so much for this video, I just wish I'd watched it before I bought my tulips this year! I'm a total beginner and I'm afraid the eBay sellers saw me coming. Show me a pretty picture and I'm a lost woman. I've ended up with bags of peony tulips - Angelique, Peach Blossom, Cabella, Carnival de Nice , Cream Upstar and Finola. I only bought a dozen or so each of other varieties for pots like Grand Perfection, Gavota, Electric, Ballerina and China Pink, and Apricot Beauty. Also have a value bag of mixed Triumph tulips which I was going to plant in the garden, but now I'm not so sure if I'm going to have to extract over 500 bulbs and clean them all come the summer! Do you think I should plant them all in big planters and window boxes instead? I'm not sure I could get them 6 inches deep in my window boxes, but maybe 4.5 inches would do at a push? It might make digging them up a bit easier if they were in containers. Would they grow so well, though? Sorry for all the questions but I know virtually nothing about tulips except that they're gorgeous. We're in County Down here and maybe affllicted with even more rain than you!
Hi there. You have bought some fabulous tulips and they will look amazing next spring. You should make sure to enjoy them thoroughly. I can't tell you how to plant them, it all depends on how much work you are prepared for and how important it is to you that they persist.
@@GardeningatDouentza Hello, thank you for the reply. I think I'm going to put the tulips most likely to come back in the garden beds and stick the others in pots. My mum loves the Queen of the Night, and I think you mentioned it was suitable for coming back in rainy Irish gardens, so I'm going to plant her up a bed of Queen of the Night mixed with Purissima and Bleu Aimable. Hopefully at least one of them takes a liking to her garden and returns over the years.
I always found it s pity that many people treat tulips like annuals. It's nice to add each year new varieties to the collection. But it's heartbreaking loosing the older varieties. In Julianadorp in the Netherlands there is a man who tries to preserve old varieties ...like a living tulip museum. I grew tulips in large pots ...after blooming I ve kept the bulbs and planted them in the garden of my neighbour ...they asked me not to throw them away. Result ...some of them came back ...others were less opulent ...and even changed their colour. It's really a pity. An older lady from the Netherlands who grew tulips ever since...told me she gave coffe grind to the tulips...after they are finished...she always plant marigold to prepare the soil for the next tulip season. But thank you very much for all the information. I took a note in my book. Will never forget that 'golden advice'. Kind regards. Marcus
I am speaking with a true tulip lover, I feel. They are an amazing flower and one that really celebrates spring. I love them too. Thanks for watching and wishing you a happy new year.
@@GardeningatDouentza Thank you very much. Although I ve planted already many tulips Tomorrow I will go bargain hunting...buying some left over tulips at the nursery. I plant in two periods. In November varieties I absolutely love ... after Christmas I try to safe tulips from drying out ...that haven t been sold untill now. I feel compassion for them. Tulips are more than an ordinary cut flower for me. I need a big colourfull ...spring ...explosion after this Corona winter. Thank you. Take care of yourself...and enjoy your garden. kind regards Marcus
@@GardeningatDouentza I've bought some Banja Luca today ....( bargain left overs) the nice variety you mentioned in your video. I'm very happy ! Thanks. Have a nice day. Kind regards, Marcus
@@GardeningatDouentza Thank you. ( The big disaster is ...all tulips are beautifull in their own way.... it's hard to make a choice...). All the best for you ... happy new year. ( also a colourfull and abundant new garden year...)
I could not plant my bulbs last fall due to health issues. It is March zone 6a and i see the bulbs starting to sprout. Should I store for next year or go ahead and plant them? Seems like storing is better since you are already lifting and storing the ones that came up. Is this correct?
We all don't get round to things sometimes. You're not the first. You need to plant your tulip bulbs straight away though and hopefully it is not too late. Try pots if the ground is frozen. They will not survive dry storing until next autumn. Those sprouts are coming and you can't hold them back! Best of luck.
I love Tulips but my garden is small and the squirrels eat my bulbs 🥲🥲🥲 sometimes I have some flowers but if I Have been planting again squirrels eat again 😔 although are planted deeply. I never dig them up, I leave them in the garden planted! 😅🙈
I read in a community group that many people plant their bulbs with a little clump of human or animal hair. I haven’t tried it it, but it’s worth a shot. Evidently they don’t like the smell.
Thank you so much for this very informative video! Really very useful! 🙏 Just one question. I read that the tulip bulbs tend to go deeper every year and this is the reason they stop flowering after some years. Just don't have enough forces to come through the earth. I even bought a special plastic net to prevent the bulbs moving deeper. So, if I plant them 30 cm deep from the beginning (without any barrier like a net), the risk is that they go deeper even more and stop flowering?
I don't believe that and never read that. Perhaps if your climate is really cold... But I speculate now. You do need to plant viridifloras and Darwin hybrids deeply to stop any baby bulbils producing shoots that travel to the surface (as mentioned in the video) so, by implication, if planted too deep tulips won't come up. That is the same for most plants. But, no, in my experience and the literature I've read, tulips have never puller themselves deeper.
@@GardeningatDouentza Thank you for your answer and your experience that you share with us! That's a pity I didn't see your video before. Last October I planted 100 Van Eijk bulbs (Darwin hybrid) in big pots just 2 heights deep as recommended by the bulbs' seller. I think I will just replant them deeper next autumn :)
So happy I stumbled across this video!! It's the most informative information I've found about perennializing tulips since taking the plunge and buying 250 bulbs last fall, including two Fosterianas (Exotic Emperor & Purissima) and Negrita, which (I think) is one of those that doesn't fit into a perennializing category but does it anyway. Much of the information I was reading was incomplete or confusing; now I feel like the fog has lifted. And hopefully our dry, hot summers in Toronto will work to my advantage!
I am glad you found the video useful. Yes, I did think there was a gap in the information on UA-cam so I'm glad to fill it. From Wexford to Toronto, wishing you a great day and a super tulip season!
Well, I guess we all can't have perfect soil (I certainly don't). Heavy clay has its advantages too. Once plants are established in it, they do really well as it is very nutritious. Roses do brilliantly in heavy clay (once established). Thanks for watching and commenting and have a great day.
I was about to say the same, most gardens I have had in the Netherlands consist of clay. The garden I have now is the worst one yet, it is so impacted the clay is blue! There are wonderful sandy soils in certain parts of the Netherlands though, I hope to move there at a certain point in my life.
Thank you for all of your info...and I love how you take your time to teach and explain to us, what we need to know about the different types of tulips....Thanks again..Peace.
I planted White Prince,, and Spring Green which ere glorious for two years. Then it rained, almost non-stop. Garden a wreck, bulbs mostly gone. Can't help it - I'll just buy more because they were the absolute best. Thanks for your video!
Crumbs. Just ordered a load of bulbs and now I don't know if I got suitable varieties to just leave in my planters. I got three different varieties of what are called 'frosted snow' tulips. Are they the ones that need to go deep? I really love the viridis tulips, too. Why didn't I just get those?... Had a terrible problem with rats eating the bulbs this year. Next time - I'm going to use really tall planters and not put them anywhere near shorter planters because the rats, I think, were just using the setup like stairs.
I'm afraid I don't know what type of tulip 'Frosted Snow' is. It seems to be a collection, rather than a tulip, as far as I can see. All tulips are beautiful though and I hope you will enjoy yours.
@@GardeningatDouentza Will do, thanks! I was heartbroken when the rats got the last lot. I tried to protect them, with spiky twigs from my Hawthorn, but to no avail. Now I have pots full of baby Hawthorn trees.
@@batintheattic7293 That does sound very upsetting. Some people plant tulips with a metal grid of chicken wire over them. I have never tried it myself but it might work.
Step 1. Have a free draining soil. Nope. I've got heavy clay soil. I hope my amendment is effective. Step 2. Have a hot, dry summer. Check! Colorado will provide that easily. 3. Plant naturalizing bulbs. Check; I think. I bought Fosteriana and Darwin tulips.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge so completely, thoughtfully and well.* As a veteran gardener having experimented with spring bulbs for the first time, planning to remove them and plant dahlias and gladiolas in the same bed. I'm wondering if the ample amount of compost and slow-release fertilizer that I provided when creating the bed in the first place will negate the need for liquid fertilizer later on. Lastly, having spent several years of my childhood in Turkey, I can attest that stylized tulips are indeed featured in traditional Turkish art - ceramic dishes and tiles, rugs, etc. Thank you again! *Cute that, at 9:27, you said, "intigate" instead of "indicate".
I am sure the fertiliser in your soil will obviate the need for liquid fertiliser. Wonderful Turkey - can't wait to visit again and lucky you for a childhood there.
Excellent video and it gives new hope to me, thank you. BUT, a question:: once your bulbs are dug, dry and in mesh bags, where exactly have you stored them? A refrigerator? Patricia
ok so i saw the list on your video, but can u just say which ones come back. I do live in a dry arid High desert in Idaho. it seems only the flowers that ive bought very cheap from grocery store have even come back yr after yr, and dont know what kind they are. Ive bought bulbs from Colorblends. love them, but in 3 yrs i dont even have leaves. i know they sell many of those kind on your list.
When deciding what to buy you need to check the tulip name against a reputable website (like the RHS one). On that website the division number is mentioned in brackets after the tulip name. Choose tulips from divisions that come back. Hope this helps.
Well, Van Eijk is a Darwin Hybrid so it's not surprising that it comes back. I have anecdotally read that 'Queen of the Night' is a good repeat flowering one too, although it isn't in the correct group. I would class it like 'Ballerina', ad hocs that do well despite the odds. Thanks for sharing and happy growing.
We had bought some tulip bulbs daffodil bulbs and some other bulbs that were already bloomed and Pops. Well I will let the foliage dial dinner I dug them out of the dirt and I'm drying them. Will that let them bloom again for years when I plant them in the fall in the ground? Or did we waste our money
Yes, if you feed the foliage as it dies back and allow it to die back completely before lifting then your bulbs can be planted out again in autumn and should flower beautifully next spring.
I wish I had watched this before I planted my tulips- this is their first over-winter and due to all the mild weather they have started popping up, and it is only mid-December!!
One of the best videos I've seen in a long time. Packed with information, well prepared and presented. Loved it.
Thank you. The hardest bit was organising my information and thoughts in a sensible way but I think I got there. Happy growing.
@@GardeningatDouentza you nailed it 👍
@@GardeningatDouentza These that will continue to come back, can you cut them for vases?
Is there a place to gather the list of tulips that will come back? Thank you
Someone's back is going to be aching after planting 750 tulip bulbs. Oh the things we go through for a pretty garden.
Haha
Thank you
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I plant 2000 every year.
Wow. Best tulip video ever. I'm a Garden Answer Groupie but I learned so much more in this one video even after hours of research. Will rewatch every time I make a bulb order.
Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. I did notice a lack of this information on UA-cam but now it is there for all to benefit from. Happy growing.
Wonderful information! I’m an instant fan! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with those of us who appreciate the beauty of God’s glorious creation. Blessings to you and yours!
Thank you so much for all this information presented so clearly.
You are very welcome!
Thank you! You've saved me from an expensive mistake. I'm planning to plant hundreds of bulbs under my lawn, but I didn't realise that some don't repeat flower!
Glad I could help!
Thank you for giving honest realistic advice! Much appreciated! 🌷💐
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much my dear friend for explaining this tulip fact to me. Now i know how to keep them for years to come. Even here on the gulf coast of Texas. Now i understand why they always rot on me.
I am glad you found the video useful and I wish you much tulip success. Texas is having a terrible time with the weather at the moment so stay safe and warm!
I just found your gardening channel. I grew up in the US with Irish immigrant grandparents. My Grandfather was a wonderful gardener. I met him every day in the garden after school . I picked up my love of gardening from him. I have had trouble with my tulips returning each year and just accepted that I would replant them each fall. Then you talked about digging them up and drying the foliage . And I had an instant flashback to seeing our basement floor covered in tulips, lying on newspaper. Now I understand. God Bless and Thank you.
I am very glad to have reminded you of your grandfather's wisdom. Thank you for watching and enjoy your tulips!
This is terrific! Thank you so much. You must be a teacher or a lecturer, your presentation is so good!
I am so glad you liked the video. The hard part was organising my thoughts in a sensible way but I seem to have done it.
Best tulip advice I've come across in years! Very through information and great tips for sucess. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge of tulips with us.
My pleasure! Thank you very much for such positive feedback.
Great vídeo, Rachel, full of useful information ❤️ Thank you
You're so welcome!
Just saw this video. Excellent content, very informative and well laid out. Thank you for making it.
Glad it was helpful!
Subscribed Immediately the other day. Never learned so much about tulips. By accident I have a Red Tulip variety that unlike all my others comes up every year. Now I know why.
I am glad to hear you liked the video so much. Welcome to the channel!
Thank you for this information! I sure enjoyed it.
Glad it was helpful!
Wow, I felt like I was back in school taking notes. I am literally typing this comment then going straight to check what type of tulips I bought the other day. Hopefully they are Division 4, 13, 12, 14, 15 or 6. Thank you for the great video. Liked and subscribed👍
Welcome to the channel. I am very glad you liked the video. Tulips are so worth a little trouble! Happy growing.
Wow! Thank you for imparting your knowledge of tulips. A great video :)
Glad it was helpful!
A very informative video. Tulips are stunning they're my second favourite flower after Roses. I hope to one day have a garden of my own to grown them in
I am sure your garden will be fabulous, awash with colour when you get it ❤️
I hope you have that garden now.. You certainly deserve one..💕
Such a clear informative video. Thank you. Just ordered some Viridiflora bulbs. Roll on Spring time!
Excellent choice. May they do wonderfully for you!
Thank you so much 🙏. This is exactly what I was looking for. You video is informative, clear and full of info. You should be seriously proud of it, it must have taken a mountain of work😁.
Thank you so much. I did feel this was a video that needed to be made and information that wasn't generally available. It was difficult to sort iformation in a cohesive way so it's great to see such a generally positive response.
It's brilliant, you have outdone yourself 👏
Boy! Did I just learn a lot!!!!
Great stuff!
Wow! All I can say is wow!!! I’ve been looking for this content and I’m so happy that I found you!!
You are very welcome. It's always great to get such positive feedback. Thank you. Just published a video showing the first of these tulips in bloom.
Rachel this is such a great video and just what I needed to see as I’m just about to plant mine. I bet I’ve bought non perennials but I’ll plant them anyway and next year I will order online from a good stockist following all your great advice. Feeding with a liquid fertiliser after flowering is a great tip and I will dig them up each year in future too. Great info Rachel, thank you!!
Glad you found it useful, Jeanette. Tulips are pretty irresistible at this time of year but it's great if you can be guaranteed repeat flowering.
@@GardeningatDouentza I’m going to plant the ones I have anyway (today if it stops raining) and will be sure to mention your episode in my video.
@@TheEnthusiasticGardener You and me both will be planting tulips today. I have planted 344 of my 750 bulbs so I've still a way to go!
@@GardeningatDouentza I only have 250 to do but it’s still raining. I have a week off school for half term and had hoped to do so much but it has rained all the time so far. I don’t fancy housework or paperwork instead so I will carry on watching UA-cam videos and hope it stops! Happy gardening and lovely chatting.
Great video & many thanks from Lisbon, Portugal!
Greetings from Wexford, Ireland to Lisbon, Portugal. Have a great day.
Wow! This is without a doubt the best video I have seen in selecting, planting and maintaining tulips. I could not agree more. We would love to introduce double lates into our borders but it is just not in the cards. We chose to go with the double Darwin Akebono and one of the greens - Green Star. #FingersCrossed We are also beginning to explore the species tulips by planting the heirloom Fire Flame.
Nice choices and thank you for your appreciation of the video. Your garden will be amazing in spring!
Outstanding content! Thank you so much for sharing this! ❤️
Glad you enjoyed it!
Amazingly helpful. Thank you so much. I have been despairing over my dry sandy flower beds. Clearly, tulips may well be the answer.
You are very welcome. That sandy soil might be just the thing for tulips!
Lovely. Great information.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and have a great day.
So so so informative
Thank you so much
You are so welcome!
Thank you
Wow Rachel I admire you with your 750 tulip bulbs. I would put them in 7 days in the soil but if I am so exited about the outcome I could do it in 3 😁 days maybe.
God bless you Rachel hope you get help to plant the bulbs. 🙏
Thank you for your kind words. Those bulbs have been in the ground for 2 springs already and they look great. You can check out last spring's garden tour videos to see them last year but do look out for this year's April garden tour, coming soon. Happy Easter.
@@GardeningatDouentza
I love flowers my favorite are orchids.
They are soooo beautiful.
I am definitely gonna search for your videos.
Blessed Easter and your families too.
Thank you so much ! What a wealth of information on this post !! I didn't have any clue about the different groups of tulips before watching this, sadly I already bought Triumph ones cause they look attractive. I will be putting them in pots and treat them as annuals . Since watching this, I bought Greenland and Purissima as you recommended for repeat flowering. Thanks again 🤩
I'm glad you liked the video and find it useful. I also bought Groenland/Greenland for the first time this year (see my latest video). It's very interesting with its pink and green combined! I trust it will do magnificently in both our gardens. Well, I better get on with my tulip planting...
Excellent, informative video! Thank you!🌷
Glad it was helpful!
Fabulous, informative video, thank you for posting ❤❤
You are very welcome. Have a great weekend.
thanks for the video!
Welcome
Thanks for telling us,about the tulips
You are very welcome
Excellent video, I watched it twice, second time with a notebook! I will look over my tulips and see what categories they fall into and know better every year. I've waited to plant many out because I fear voles will eat them so I was going to make simple wire cages to bury them in. Hard to find the time!!
Yes, time is needed for all these things. Sounds like you may have the solution to your vole problem though. I'm glad you found the video informative and I wish you a happy weekend
So this ought to be a lesson to everyone, sometimes hybridization doesn't necessarily make things better. In this case all the breeding and messing about with Tulips has made many of them less of a performer in the garden.
Something similar has happened to guppy fish in recent decades. The hybridization & specialized breeding has produced animals that lack the hardiness & vigor of the wild types, most of which have now perished completely in their native habitats
Very helpful tips. Thank you
You're very welcome
Very educational.
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I live in Wisconsin and the Tulips that I plant come back every year I just bought some cheap ones from Walmart
Good for you! I would imagine they are Darwin hybrids or one of the other groups that come back without much trouble.
@@GardeningatDouentza indeed Darwins.I bought some there myself..
Excellent video. Thank you !
Glad it helped!
Thank you for the information!
You bet!
Very informative. Thank u
My pleasure
My first batch of forced bulbs just bloomed. I'm happy to have found this video
Thank you great vid, very informative
Very welcome
so nice.😍
Thank you! 😊
You don't mention temperatures. I have been told my climate isn't cold enough, so I am refrigerating some bulbs as a trial.
Some of the most beautiful flowers I've ever seen! Thank you!
Wow, thank you!
I like what you said about throwing the tools for next year two thumbs up 👍👍👍😊
Would you lift tulip bulbs planted in garden? I’ve enjoyed a great display following your advice on choosing bulbs from bulbi. I also had a wonderful display in pots. Should I lift and store these bulbs as pots are beginning to yellow now and I might need the pots for summer bedding. Please advise and thank you for helping this beginner gardener.
If you have planted non-return varieties in your garden then you will need to lift as explained in this video. I think you already answered your own question re the pots.
Very helpful, thank you! I made some bulb lasagna planters this year as holiday gifts and made sure the tulip varieties were planted deeply and were of the types that might come back again the next year.
And for my own garden, I’m planning to try to augment a wildflower meadow with assorted tulips and keep replenishing it with bulbs from each year’s old container displays. Gardener’s World hooked me on the idea of a meadow with long grass and a sea of tulips in spring. I’m thinking if I plant them deeply enough with a little compost and bulb booster they’ll have a happy “retirement” for years to come. Your video is going to be a big help there!
Sounds like a wonderful plan, colourful and kind to nature. Thanks for watching and have a great Sunday.
Such a great video and tells us exactly what to look for when shopping for tulips. I did not know or pay attention to the different divisions of tulips for a long time, and had pretty much given up on tulips because of poor repeat performance. Now I'm into tulips again!
How sad to think that you had given up on tulips but I am glad if my video has helped redress that. Thank you so much for watching and wishing you a very happy and floriferous new year.
@@GardeningatDouentza Do you have any experience with 'Negrita' tulip?
Lady Jane is absolutely divine!
She is a cutie, isn't she. Thanks for watching, Sharon, and have a great day.
Such a great video on tulips ! Thank you for sharing your knowledge of tulips.👍🏼👍🏼
Happy growing.
My pleasure 😊
ALL tulips are now non perennial. Thank u croocks of holland
The Dutch tulips, from the perennial varieties mentioned in this video, come back for me.
Thanks for this helpful video .I bought two beautiful blooming tulips in pots in winter.It’s possible to make them bloom again this spring?and what can I do?thank you
No, I'm afraid there is nothing you can do to make the tulips flower again this spring. They should flower next spring though.
Thank you so much for this video, I just wish I'd watched it before I bought my tulips this year! I'm a total beginner and I'm afraid the eBay sellers saw me coming. Show me a pretty picture and I'm a lost woman. I've ended up with bags of peony tulips - Angelique, Peach Blossom, Cabella, Carnival de Nice , Cream Upstar and Finola. I only bought a dozen or so each of other varieties for pots like Grand Perfection, Gavota, Electric, Ballerina and China Pink, and Apricot Beauty. Also have a value bag of mixed Triumph tulips which I was going to plant in the garden, but now I'm not so sure if I'm going to have to extract over 500 bulbs and clean them all come the summer! Do you think I should plant them all in big planters and window boxes instead? I'm not sure I could get them 6 inches deep in my window boxes, but maybe 4.5 inches would do at a push? It might make digging them up a bit easier if they were in containers. Would they grow so well, though? Sorry for all the questions but I know virtually nothing about tulips except that they're gorgeous. We're in County Down here and maybe affllicted with even more rain than you!
Hi there. You have bought some fabulous tulips and they will look amazing next spring. You should make sure to enjoy them thoroughly. I can't tell you how to plant them, it all depends on how much work you are prepared for and how important it is to you that they persist.
@@GardeningatDouentza Hello, thank you for the reply. I think I'm going to put the tulips most likely to come back in the garden beds and stick the others in pots. My mum loves the Queen of the Night, and I think you mentioned it was suitable for coming back in rainy Irish gardens, so I'm going to plant her up a bed of Queen of the Night mixed with Purissima and Bleu Aimable. Hopefully at least one of them takes a liking to her garden and returns over the years.
Great video. Thanks. But I see I have alot to learn. 😁
It's all part of the fun of gardening. Have a great Sunday.
Great video! I wish ALL garden videos were this good!
You are very kind. Thank you.
I always found it s pity that many people treat tulips like annuals.
It's nice to add each year new varieties to the collection.
But it's heartbreaking loosing the older varieties.
In Julianadorp in the Netherlands there is a man who tries to preserve old varieties ...like a living tulip museum.
I grew tulips in large pots ...after
blooming I ve kept the bulbs and planted them in the garden of my neighbour ...they asked me not to throw them away.
Result ...some of them came back ...others were less opulent ...and even changed their colour.
It's really a pity.
An older lady from the Netherlands who grew tulips ever since...told me she gave coffe grind to the tulips...after they are finished...she always plant marigold to prepare the soil for the next tulip season.
But thank you very much for all the information.
I took a note in my book.
Will never forget that 'golden advice'.
Kind regards.
Marcus
I am speaking with a true tulip lover, I feel. They are an amazing flower and one that really celebrates spring. I love them too. Thanks for watching and wishing you a happy new year.
@@GardeningatDouentza
Thank you very much.
Although I ve planted already many tulips
Tomorrow I will go bargain hunting...buying some left over tulips at the nursery.
I plant in two periods.
In November varieties I absolutely love ...
after Christmas I try to safe tulips from drying out ...that haven t been sold untill now.
I feel compassion for them.
Tulips are more than an ordinary cut flower for me.
I need a big colourfull ...spring ...explosion after this Corona winter.
Thank you.
Take care of yourself...and enjoy your garden.
kind regards
Marcus
@@GardeningatDouentza
I've bought some Banja Luca today ....( bargain left overs) the nice variety you mentioned in your video.
I'm very happy !
Thanks.
Have a nice day.
Kind regards,
Marcus
@@marcusseidel4088 That is a beautiful tulip. You did well to get it at discount. Happy planting and have a great day,
@@GardeningatDouentza
Thank you.
( The big disaster is ...all tulips are beautifull in their own way.... it's hard to make a choice...).
All the best for you ...
happy new year.
( also a colourfull and abundant new garden year...)
I could not plant my bulbs last fall due to health issues. It is March zone 6a and i see the bulbs starting to sprout. Should I store for next year or go ahead and plant them? Seems like storing is better since you are already lifting and storing the ones that came up. Is this correct?
We all don't get round to things sometimes. You're not the first.
You need to plant your tulip bulbs straight away though and hopefully it is not too late. Try pots if the ground is frozen. They will not survive dry storing until next autumn. Those sprouts are coming and you can't hold them back! Best of luck.
I love Tulips but my garden is small and the squirrels eat my bulbs 🥲🥲🥲 sometimes I have some flowers but if I Have been planting again squirrels eat again 😔 although are planted deeply. I never dig them up, I leave them in the garden planted! 😅🙈
Squirrels are the divil!
I read in a community group that many people plant their bulbs with a little clump of human or animal hair. I haven’t tried it it, but it’s worth a shot. Evidently they don’t like the smell.
Thank you so much for this very informative video! Really very useful! 🙏 Just one question. I read that the tulip bulbs tend to go deeper every year and this is the reason they stop flowering after some years. Just don't have enough forces to come through the earth. I even bought a special plastic net to prevent the bulbs moving deeper. So, if I plant them 30 cm deep from the beginning (without any barrier like a net), the risk is that they go deeper even more and stop flowering?
I don't believe that and never read that. Perhaps if your climate is really cold... But I speculate now. You do need to plant viridifloras and Darwin hybrids deeply to stop any baby bulbils producing shoots that travel to the surface (as mentioned in the video) so, by implication, if planted too deep tulips won't come up. That is the same for most plants. But, no, in my experience and the literature I've read, tulips have never puller themselves deeper.
@@GardeningatDouentza Thank you for your answer and your experience that you share with us! That's a pity I didn't see your video before. Last October I planted 100 Van Eijk bulbs (Darwin hybrid) in big pots just 2 heights deep as recommended by the bulbs' seller. I think
I will just replant them deeper next autumn :)
So happy I stumbled across this video!! It's the most informative information I've found about perennializing tulips since taking the plunge and buying 250 bulbs last fall, including two Fosterianas (Exotic Emperor & Purissima) and Negrita, which (I think) is one of those that doesn't fit into a perennializing category but does it anyway. Much of the information I was reading was incomplete or confusing; now I feel like the fog has lifted. And hopefully our dry, hot summers in Toronto will work to my advantage!
I am glad you found the video useful. Yes, I did think there was a gap in the information on UA-cam so I'm glad to fill it. From Wexford to Toronto, wishing you a great day and a super tulip season!
sandy soil in the netherlands? nuhuh i've always lived and gardened on heave clay soil and yes bulbs become smaller every year, but daffodils do great
Well, I guess we all can't have perfect soil (I certainly don't). Heavy clay has its advantages too. Once plants are established in it, they do really well as it is very nutritious. Roses do brilliantly in heavy clay (once established). Thanks for watching and commenting and have a great day.
@@GardeningatDouentza veggies like clay too. I can't have anything prickly... I'm too clumsy 😂
@@CardsbyMaaike I don't like prickly plants either. I really try to avoid them 😂
I was about to say the same, most gardens I have had in the Netherlands consist of clay. The garden I have now is the worst one yet, it is so impacted the clay is blue! There are wonderful sandy soils in certain parts of the Netherlands though, I hope to move there at a certain point in my life.
Really practical advice, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Hello lovely, where do you purchase your bulbs from, thank you.
The information is in the video description
@@GardeningatDouentza thank you
I would really like to have some of those bulbs its beautiful
Thank you so much for this video answered all my questions regarding tulips.
You are so welcome!
Thank you for all of your info...and I love how you take your time to teach and explain to us, what we need to know about the different types of tulips....Thanks again..Peace.
You are very kind. Glad you found it useful and I hope you have a great day.
I planted White Prince,, and Spring Green which ere glorious for two years. Then it rained, almost non-stop. Garden a wreck, bulbs mostly gone. Can't help it - I'll just buy more because they were the absolute best. Thanks for your video!
Sounds like a nightmare.
Crumbs. Just ordered a load of bulbs and now I don't know if I got suitable varieties to just leave in my planters. I got three different varieties of what are called 'frosted snow' tulips. Are they the ones that need to go deep? I really love the viridis tulips, too. Why didn't I just get those?...
Had a terrible problem with rats eating the bulbs this year. Next time - I'm going to use really tall planters and not put them anywhere near shorter planters because the rats, I think, were just using the setup like stairs.
I'm afraid I don't know what type of tulip 'Frosted Snow' is. It seems to be a collection, rather than a tulip, as far as I can see. All tulips are beautiful though and I hope you will enjoy yours.
@@GardeningatDouentza Will do, thanks! I was heartbroken when the rats got the last lot. I tried to protect them, with spiky twigs from my Hawthorn, but to no avail. Now I have pots full of baby Hawthorn trees.
@@batintheattic7293 That does sound very upsetting. Some people plant tulips with a metal grid of chicken wire over them. I have never tried it myself but it might work.
Step 1. Have a free draining soil. Nope. I've got heavy clay soil. I hope my amendment is effective.
Step 2. Have a hot, dry summer. Check! Colorado will provide that easily.
3. Plant naturalizing bulbs. Check; I think. I bought Fosteriana and Darwin tulips.
Sounds like a recipe for success, especially if you've adjusted that clay soil. Best of luck!!!
Excellent. Thank you. Last Spring 380 white tulips. This year just two. The rest produced leaves only. So disappointed 🙁
It is so disappointing when those bulbs come up blind. Glad you found the video useful
Amazing video very informative thank you 😊 🙏 have you got any tips or experience with amaryllis? Those are awesome as well but very expensive
Do you mean amaryllis or hippeastrum?
@@GardeningatDouentza i mean hippeastrum I thought it is the same plant
@@toliscy Maybe this is what you're looking for...
ua-cam.com/video/5UjlSlNFTRM/v-deo.html
Thank you for sharing your knowledge so completely, thoughtfully and well.* As a veteran gardener having experimented with spring bulbs for the first time, planning to remove them and plant dahlias and gladiolas in the same bed. I'm wondering if the ample amount of compost and slow-release fertilizer that I provided when creating the bed in the first place will negate the need for liquid fertilizer later on. Lastly, having spent several years of my childhood in Turkey, I can attest that stylized tulips are indeed featured in traditional Turkish art - ceramic dishes and tiles, rugs, etc. Thank you again!
*Cute that, at 9:27, you said, "intigate" instead of "indicate".
I am sure the fertiliser in your soil will obviate the need for liquid fertiliser. Wonderful Turkey - can't wait to visit again and lucky you for a childhood there.
Excellent video and it gives new hope to me, thank you. BUT, a question:: once your bulbs are dug, dry and in mesh bags, where exactly have you stored them? A refrigerator? Patricia
The bulbs don't need to be summer stored in a fridge, a room in the house will do
Just bought some cheap tulips on sale from Sam's Club. I had great blooms bit don't know if I have any growth for Year Two!!!
Yes, hard to know.
Very informative. Thank you for sharing your expertise.
My pleasure!
ok so i saw the list on your video, but can u just say which ones come back. I do live in a dry arid High desert in Idaho. it seems only the flowers that ive bought very cheap from grocery store have even come back yr after yr, and dont know what kind they are. Ive bought bulbs from Colorblends. love them, but in 3 yrs i dont even have leaves. i know they sell many of those kind on your list.
When deciding what to buy you need to check the tulip name against a reputable website (like the RHS one). On that website the division number is mentioned in brackets after the tulip name. Choose tulips from divisions that come back. Hope this helps.
thats a great video full of info, I found the only ones that come back for me, are Van Eijk and queen of the night
Good to know, I am thinking of getting me some van Eijk tulips. Do you happen to have experience with the Pink Impression too?
Well, Van Eijk is a Darwin Hybrid so it's not surprising that it comes back. I have anecdotally read that 'Queen of the Night' is a good repeat flowering one too, although it isn't in the correct group. I would class it like 'Ballerina', ad hocs that do well despite the odds.
Thanks for sharing and happy growing.
@@mandarintomato9205 ive never grown that one ,that i know of ,
thank you for this video! very helpful
You're very welcome!
Wow what a display
We had bought some tulip bulbs daffodil bulbs and some other bulbs that were already bloomed and Pops. Well I will let the foliage dial dinner I dug them out of the dirt and I'm drying them. Will that let them bloom again for years when I plant them in the fall in the ground? Or did we waste our money
Yes, if you feed the foliage as it dies back and allow it to die back completely before lifting then your bulbs can be planted out again in autumn and should flower beautifully next spring.
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How do you keep those damn squirrels from digging up your plants and having a feast at your expense?
I can't really advise you regarding squirrels as I don't have any. I've heard that a wire mesh over your planted bulbs can work well.
Hello and thank you! where do you purchase good bulbs I am in Michigan and would like a good reliable seller.
Thanks for your comment but I am in Ireland. I have no idea where you might buy bulbs in US
Thank you!
I wish I had watched this before I planted my tulips- this is their first over-winter and due to all the mild weather they have started popping up, and it is only mid-December!!
where can I buy those tulip bulbs? I am from the Philippines 🇵🇭
I am sorry. I have no idea where you might buy tulips in the Philippines.
You sound like me aunt 😀..and I love them tulips even though I'm new to gardening being a metalhead
Fantastic and impressive presentation Friend obrigado
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Many many thanks
Can u plant bulbs in a shady place? Nr a North facing fence for example?
Tulips do best in full sun. They can tolerate some shade but a north facing fence would not be recommended
If you are cutting the perennial varieties for cut flowers will they still return the following years?
Yes, absolutely. As long as you don't cut the leaves the tulips will flower the following year.
Thanks for this very informative!
My pleasure!
Thank you! You look like Katherine Bates the American actress
I just found you😃great video, you are the best, thank you!
Yay! Thank you! What a great comment and welcome to the channel.
Clear and concise...many thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
I just found your channel, thanks for sharing.
A big warm welcome to the channel 🌺🌷🌻🌳
Great info thank you for the share !
Glad it was helpful!