On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:34:48 GMT, Baz wrote:

clippertyclop wrote in news:55b839ed-ce21-42d8-a38e-
:

Does anyone know whether different tulip varieties belonging to a
particular group, eg Gregeii tulips, flower around the same time?


I am not a flower or bulb expert, but I have 3 varieties which grow in my
gravel garden, I planted them when we moved into this house. Supposed to be
long season pack.

Our first ones are in leaf now and showing stems, the 2nd and 3rd are just
poking through.

What I have seen over the last 4-5 years is that we have a succession of
tulips from late March to end of April, and the first to flower look
scruffy and dying when the 2nd are in flower, and so on. This can make your
tulip bed or border look neglected. The idea with bulbs is to let the
foliage rot naturally to feed the parent bulb.

In my experience, just cut all overground growth as the flowers die. Makes
a tidy patch.

Hope this helps
Baz

I've got various types in a large bed and they all seem to flower more
or less together. Whilst some poke through the soil before others, the
late starters catch up. IME the planting depth makes more difference
than the type. In tubs I plant three layers and then the highest
flower first, the next lot come up underneath them and the final lot
flower quite late.


Cheers, Jake
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Urgling happily from the dryer end of Swansea Bay.