Tulips
How easy are tulips to grow? and can you only grow them from buds or
whatever (as opposed to seed)? im in Perth and I remember seeing a massive tulip display at Araluen botanical garden once which was pretty impressive and got me thinking about growing a few in my front garden |
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G'day Dave
I've only ever planted bulbs, there is a huge company that does mailorders from Victoria....can't think of the name at the moment, but a google search should find them. When I lived in Orange all my bulbs were magnificent due to the really cold ground temps in winter, but since moving to the MidNorthCoast NSW daffodils are OK but the tulips didn't do any good. Of course, I had chosen to leave the bulbs in the ground over winter......if I had dug them and kept them in the fridge, I suspect the results could have been greatly improved. Daffies here don't last nearly as long as in Orange, again due to temps, but they still look nice if only for a couple of days. I'd guess you might need to lift them during winter and put the bulbs in the fridge, but might be worth trialling some left in the ground and some lifted. They should be lifted every couple of years and divided anyway, says she who used to have in excess of 6000 daffies in 13 colour variations, so it wasn't a job I'd rush to do every year, but still the results were great due to the cold ground temps. Good luck.....there is NOTHING nicer than a whole garden bed of tulips. They are to die for!! Bronwyn ;-) Dave Turner wrote: How easy are tulips to grow? and can you only grow them from buds or whatever (as opposed to seed)? im in Perth and I remember seeing a massive tulip display at Araluen botanical garden once which was pretty impressive and got me thinking about growing a few in my front garden |
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HC wrote:
G'day Dave I've only ever planted bulbs, there is a huge company that does mailorders from Victoria....can't think of the name at the moment, but a google search should find them. It's possibly Tesselaar's (Silvan, Vic.) who are probably the biggest tulip (and other bulbs) suppliers and who also hold the big tulip festival. L |
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G'day
Thanks Linda.........that's who I was thinking about but couldn't get the name!! LOL Bronwyn ;-) Linda H wrote: HC wrote: G'day Dave I've only ever planted bulbs, there is a huge company that does mailorders from Victoria....can't think of the name at the moment, but a google search should find them. It's possibly Tesselaar's (Silvan, Vic.) who are probably the biggest tulip (and other bulbs) suppliers and who also hold the big tulip festival. L |
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HC wrote:
G'day Thanks Linda.........that's who I was thinking about but couldn't get the name!! LOL Bronwyn ;-) You're welcome, Bronwyn. It's only that I drive past there every week when visiting my dad but have never actually gone into the place. I think they also do a variety of Lily bulbs, Hyacinths, Daffodils etc. I know someone who got bulbs by mail order from them that arrived fairly quickly. Not sure what there prices are like tho'. At a guess I'd say the website would be www.tesselaar.com.au L. |
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Linda H wrote:
Not sure what there prices are like tho'. "THEIR" prices. I hate it when I make one of my own pet hate typos. L |
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"Dave Turner" wrote in message ... How easy are tulips to grow? and can you only grow them from buds or whatever (as opposed to seed)? im in Perth Hi Dave, unless you too are in the hills of Perth, save your money! Tulips don't put on much of a display on the coastal plains - the soils are too sandy, and too warm. You might trick the tulips with leaving them in the crisper for 6 weeks or so, but you'll be very lucky indeed to get much of a display. They also will not flower a second year, no matter how lovingly you treat them unless you're up in the hills. spend the money on daffs that will reward you for the time and effort spent on them. Joanne (who tried and tried and tried, and now just visits Araluen) |
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"Dave Turner" writes:
How easy are tulips to grow? and can you only grow them from buds or whatever (as opposed to seed)? im in Perth and I remember seeing a massive tulip display at Araluen botanical garden once which was pretty impressive and got me thinking about growing a few in my front garden Google will help you here. You grow tulips from bulbs, each about the size of a medium onion. I think they planted a potful of them on ABC tv's gardening program last weekend. Possibly you could harvest your own seeds as an experiment, but the resulting colours might be disappointing even if they were viable. I seem to recall that cutting off a flower makes the bulb it was growing from no good for any future seasons. There is something about storing some bulbs in the crisper of the fridge for a few weeks so they think they've been through winter, but I'm not sure whether this applies to tulips. Google will tell you. http://www.google.com.au -- John Savage (my news address is not valid for email) |
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Many thanks for everybodys feedback. I emailed Tesselaar's and they wrote
back: "Thank you for your enquiry, we recommend the Monet varieties for Perth. These are the best for the conditions in the West." I figure i dont have anything to lose so I'll give it a go! With any luck the hardest part will be keeping pricks from nabbing the flowers from my garden! |
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Dave Turner wrote:
Many thanks for everybodys feedback. I emailed Tesselaar's and they wrote back: "Thank you for your enquiry, we recommend the Monet varieties for Perth. These are the best for the conditions in the West." I figure i dont have anything to lose so I'll give it a go! With any luck the hardest part will be keeping pricks from nabbing the flowers from my garden! Pricks? Are they some kind of bird? |
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Pricks? Are they some kind of bird?
nah mate, they're a type of ****** who steals stuff from your front yard after you've been nurturing it for many months! and it is stealing! I dont think ill have too many problems with ppl stealing my tulips tho as i live in a fairly quiet cul de sac |
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Dave Turner wrote:
Pricks? Are they some kind of bird? nah mate, they're a type of ****** who steals stuff from your front yard after you've been nurturing it for many months! and it is stealing! I dont think ill have too many problems with ppl stealing my tulips tho as i live in a fairly quiet cul de sac Yeah ****** type pricks. A bit like speed camera operators. Probably come from the same family... They both park on the nature strip watching flowers grow... |
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"Biggus" wrote in message
... I am hoping they are easy, I have got some bulbs in the fridge at the moment (as per recommendation on packaging)... cool. chicks are gonna love us |
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I am hoping they are easy, I have got some bulbs in the fridge at the
moment (as per recommendation on packaging)... |
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Linda H wrote:
HC wrote: G'day Thanks Linda.........that's who I was thinking about but couldn't get the name!! LOL Bronwyn ;-) You're welcome, Bronwyn. It's only that I drive past there every week when visiting my dad but have never actually gone into the place. I think they also do a variety of Lily bulbs, Hyacinths, Daffodils etc. I know someone who got bulbs by mail order from them that arrived fairly quickly. Not sure what there prices are like tho'. There are few bulb places in the Silvan-Monbulk area. Tesselaar's are amongst the more expensive but I wouldn't consider the prices at all unreasonable. Tesselaar's are also quite large so if anyone's going to send bulbs to WA it will be them. Andrew |
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