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songbird wrote:

allen73 wrote:

Tulips live for 2 weeks. When the flowers die, cut off and take care of
the foliage. Save the bulbs for planting in the Spring.

not a good move,

trim off the flower, but leave the foliage until
it dies back naturally. otherwise you are removing
the energy which grows bulbs/flowers for the next
year. removing diseased foliage to prevent the
spread of the disease is about the only reason i
would consider removing green leaves from a tulip
or if i wanted to kill or make the plant smaller
next year.

2 weeks? that is just plain wrong. more like
2-3 months.


songbird

Around here Tulips are short lived due to summer heat. Plant them deep
and they may make it more then 2 years.

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