Nosmo King wrote:
Last fall I planted ~100 tulip bulbs of various types in different locations
around the yard. About half have emerged. About a third of those have
produced a flower. Needless to say, I'm disappointed. Do tulips take a year
to get established ? I've also heard that the poor results may have been due
to mild winter. I'm wondering if I just got a bunch of duds.
Here in NC tulips:
1 get eaten as bulbs by animals
2. get eaten as plants by larger animals (deer)
3. do not come back reliably so they get worse (to zero!) every year
4. some species tulips will come back but even those are not so hot in
Orange county
5. So the first year is the best you will get