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Got Deer? Plant Deer-Resistant Bulbs
Are deer a problem for you or your clients? Colorblends offers a complete list of deer-resistant bulbs.
4 Bulb Myths Busted
Colorblends dishes the truth about 4 common myths about bulbs.
Off With Their Heads!
In Holland, when tulips start to bloom in the fields, Dutch bulb growers do their best to cut off the flowers as quickly as possible. That’s because the flowers take energy from the bulbs below, preventing them from growing to top size.
Where Do Tulips Come From?
Most people associate tulips with Holland, but they didn’t originate there.
Why Do They Grow Tulips in Holland?
The answer comes down to wealth, weather, and work.
Bulbs and Broadened Horizons: The Accent is on Bulbs
You already know what bulbs can do in spring. But what you might be missing is all their feats during the rest of the growing season.
Tulips in the Landscape
Tulips are among the most iconic of flowers. Everyone recognizes the classic goblet shape. Artists and graphic designers make liberal use of it—abstract, literal and romanticized in drawings, paintings, wallpaper patterns and advertisements. When you make a point of looking for tulips, you find them in lots of unexpected places.
Moving and Dividing Daffodils
The ideal time to move or divide daffodils is when the foliage has collapsed and has turned mostly but not completely brown. For most daffodils, this time comes in late spring or early summer. By then the bulbs have stored up the energy they need to grow and bloom again next spring, but the leaves are still there to tell you where the bulbs are. And if the leaves are still attached to the bulbs, they help you track down the bulbs as you dig.
Getting the Most from Perennial Tulips
To encourage perennial tulips to bloom again in future years, we recommend that you do the following…
Perennial Tulips
You buy tulip bulbs, plant them in the fall and enjoy a great display in the spring. But the following spring, all you get is a smattering of flowers and maybe a bunch of leaves. “What happened? ” you ask yourself. “Aren’t tulips supposed to come back? My grandmother has tulips that have bloomed every spring for as long as she can remember. Did I do something wrong? ”