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New to tulips - didn't realize they were not perrenial!
"Bill Oliver" wrote in message
... Does this mean that if the deer keep eating the tulips when they are green, they will stop coming up? billo By observation I've found that tulips that are eaten off one year will send up vegetative growth the second year with fewer flowers. If they are eaten off the second year, most don't appear the third year, but the ones that do survive the deer attack and send up vegetative growth will flower the following year if left unmolested. The deer seem to browse the buds and flower more than the leaves, which might account for survival after a couple years of browsing. As an aside, deer also browse lilies and seem to prefer the scented trumpet and orientals over the asiatics. They don't browse the foliage but select the flowers and buds. I think the scent from the flowers of both tulips and lilies is what attracts them. John |
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