Thanks for posting this. Just got to see this. Have answered most of the questions newbie at gardening would want to know before planting bulbs. Thanks for wonderful information.
Tx for the info. Glad you addressed planting in pots. I'm in Ontario, Canada so am going to try pots this year. My knees are bad so thought this method might be easier.
I love planting in containers, it’s much easier (and perfect for bulbs) !! I have a whole playlist on container gardening if you’re interested ruclips.net/p/PLYA5wjOJjcgNm2zlMVc5S5OcRU5Duk_PL&si=STI0wVJ-5Tw9uX5- 😘😘
One year I thought that my tulips 🌷 were not coming back anymore and the voles got them 🤔 but it was a very dry winter and spring. The following year it rained a lot and all the tulips 🌷 came back 🤗 I'm sure in the UK 🇬🇧 there will be enough rain ☔️ during winter and spring that you don't have to consider to give them extra water.
Hi Johanna, I'm not sure if you'll see this but quick question about lifting your bulbs to store for next year... you said lift them when the foliage starts to turn yellow? Just the tips or does the entire leaf need to be yellow before it's lifted? I've been thinking about doing this as I'm in the south and my bulbs need to chill in the refrigerator... I'd love to get more than a year out of my bulbs before they have to be thrown in the compost pile. Thanks!
Hey 👋 Sorry for the slow reply 😊 yes just a bit of yellowing should be fine as it means the bulb has finished for this year! After lifting, you can then leave them to cure for a while until the whole foliage turns yellow (that way the bulb can absorb a little bit of extra energy)! Good luck, hope the chilling process will work for you 🤞😘
Absolutely! I use bark mulch and it adds a finishing touch and also protect the bulbs from hard frosts - the bulbs will grow through absolutely fine 😊😘
Just started gardening this Feb. with Tulips. By May & up to now, the ground location for these tulips are totally bare after cleaning them up. Do I need to water the ground normally as often like when there were flowers on it? Can I just leave the ground unattended & no watering when dormant? Is it going to be always 8 months of watering bare grounds?
Hey Lorna, sorry for the slow reply, welcome to the gardening family, I hope you will love it 🥰 Yes if it’s really dry, you can water once in a while so the bulbs don’t dry out but if you have enough rainfall, that shouldn’t be a problem! You could always create a mixed border (so add other plants and have spaces for Tulips) or simply plant on top of them if you don’t want the bare ground? A lot of people use seasonal bedding (that is shallow rooted and won’t impact the bulbs) or sow annuals. For example, in Spring Violas, Summer Petunias or Marigolds, cyclamen for Autumn/Winter. This way you always have something to fill the bare ground. Hope that helps xx
I have a question about planting perennial summer flowers on top of tulips. I have read varying advice and would like to know if you have any recommendations for what type of flowers to plant over the bulbs? I have a vast amount of bulbs, so digging them up is not a viable option for me. I really like roses, but was afraid that the two would interfere with each other as roses tend to bloom in late spring. I am thinking that watering the summer flowers should not cause bulb rot, if the bulb's season is over. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Hi Clarissa, apologies for the late reply, I hope this will still be helpful : Yes you can plant over tulips ! A couple of options below: 1. Sowings seeds: This would mean you don’t have to dig (and therefore limit potential damage to the bulbs). - you can direct sow some annuals from now up to end of May for a Summer display - a couple of ideas of flowers easy to grow from seed: zinnias, sunflowers, marigolds, calendula, nasturtiums - You could also sow an annual wildflowers 😊 video here ruclips.net/video/L2_IubOsInM/видео.html 2. Planting plug plants: You can also about now find annual plug plants or already grown on annuals to add to your border (e.g petunias, foxgloves, snapdragons). Small rootballs means you are again less likely to damage bulbs by planting them. Annuals are shallow rooted so won’t bother the bulbs and will bloom through the entire season. 3. You can plant summer flowering bulbs/corms/tubers! For sun, plants like Dahlias, gladioli, lilies are a lovely option! 3. Another option is to plant perennials (e.g lavender, nepeta, salvias) which are really good bloomers too but for a shorter period. The risk of course is to damage the bulbs in the planting process but you can always replant more Tulips in the Autumn to get a really good bloom show. You should be okay watering so long as the soil has good drainage- the bulbs will need water & nutrients to keep growing. Hope that helps! 😘😘
@@bobbiostudio Thank you so much for your time in providing such a detailed synopsis of how to garden plan tulips with other flowers! I have saved your incredibly insightful response for future reference. This helps immensely and I am very grateful to you for sharing your knowledge, and for sharing a helpful link to your video about annual wildflowers (I adore wildflowers). I hope you have a wonderful week -- you are the absolute best! 🤗☺😘
congratulations for your videos I have a problem with tulips I have planted tulips in the flower containers, but very low almost to the ground because they are 45 cm tall tulips.thanks
Hi Salvo, thank you 🥰! So you planted them 40cm deep if I understood correctly? The planting depths for Tulips (regardless of how tall it grows) is typically 10/15cm (about 2/3 times the height of the bulb). If they are planted too deeply, they may not bloom or not emerge from the soil at all (because they will use too much energy). Did you plant them recently? If not too long ago, you may be able to replant them without damaging them. Hope that helps 😊xx
@@bobbiostudio No, I planted tulips in autumn at a depth of 10-15 cm. I was saying that they are tulips that when blooming reach a height of 50 cm. But they have flowered very very low and I don't understand why.
Thanks for explaining again 😊! It sounds like their growth was stunted in some way - maybe they didn’t get enough water in the last weeks before flowering (especially if they didn’t flower well) or possibly not enough sun. Another factor could have been the weather: they need a long period of cold to flower properly - 8/12 weeks for most spring bulbs so if the weather warmed up at some point during Winter, that could be an explanation too 🥺 You could try to apply a phosphorus rich fertiliser to help them build up again energy for the following year 💚
I never grew Tulip Angélique specifically but a very similar variety (late, pink with a double bloom) called Foxtrot which sadly didn’t come back well ! Your best bet are Single Darwin Hybrids, hope that helps xx
Thank you for the wonderful Q&A. I have a quick question, you said the tulip bulbs can be placed close together in pots. Why is that? does that mean you can't place them close together in the ground? Thank you!
Hi Nate, thank you ❤️ Great question - I’m assuming that when planting in containers, you either replant in the landscape after flowering or will discard the bulbs (treat them as annuals so once flowering). Spacing them close will give you a better show. You can absolutely keep your Tulip bulbs year round in the container and plant on top with seasonal bedding - then do use a winder spacing as the bulbs will multiply 😊 Hope you have a great day or evening xx
Im going to do some geurilla gardening and im planting a mixture of 10,000 hyancith and tulip in grass in a dog paw and rainbow shape in memorial of my dog, have you got any tips when doing this? The grass gets lots of sun but obvs im planting in turf, whats the best tool? I have a bulb planter , would it remove a disc kf turf that i can stick back over the hole? Or am i best making lots of holes and re seeding the grass?
Aww that’s such a lovely way to commemorate them 🐾 It sounds like a massive planting project so possibly the fastest way would be to till the area / dig it in so that the bulbs are easier to plant. And yes you can absolutely reseed the grass (which is probably the neatest option as planting at that scale will likely damage it) 😊 The Keukenhof (a tulip park in the Netherlands) plants on a massive scale every year, they have a video that might be helpful ruclips.net/video/vyFV9javwAQ/видео.html I would love to see what it looks like in Spring so if this is something you feel like sharing, don’t hesitate to DM me on Instagram @bobbiostudio. Good luck with the planting !! 💚🪻🪻🪻
I just bought a couple of bulbs online 2 weeks ago and haven't planted yet but shoots are sprouting out from those bulbs .. I'm so tempted to water plant them..what do I do?
Hey thanks for reaching out! I’m assuming it’s Summer for you too? It’s hard to tell without seeing a photo but that doesn’t sound good 😱 Spring bulbs shouldn’t be sprouting at all yet nor have roots, it’s too early! The bulbs were probably stored incorrectly (too warm) or are from last year.. I would contact the company and ask for a refund/exchange. If you plant now, the risk is that they will grow before Winter and freeze before blooming normally in Spring and likely won’t bloom at all actually as they already spent a lot of energy. If you can’t return them, you could try to save them. I would put them in a fridge at 4deg Celsius to completely halt growth and plant them in very early Spring so they can continue their growth. Never tried before so can’t guarantee it will work! Hope that helps!!
I think because it depends on the variety, how & where they are planted, fertilised, how dry/wet the winters were, etc. In my experience, single tulips give you a better chance (along with pretty much every other spring bulb) but it’s worth trying out in your own space and see what works!! 😘
Hi Celeste, no Tulips don’t need to be soaked before planting, simply water after planting and keep an eye out for dry spells - where you would need to supplement water. If planting in containers, ensure there is good drainage (drainage hole at the bottom, raise the pot on feets or with a brick). If planting in the ground and you have heavy soil (that retains a lot of water), add horticultural grit at the bottom of the planting hole to help with drainage. Tulips hate having wet feet ☺️ (P.S: dried corms like ranunculus or anemones would need to be soaked) Hope you have a great day or evening 😘😘
Hey Ana, unfortunately you can’t get rid of it. The advice if some of your bulbs are affected is: - to burn the bulbs and foliage affected (or bin them but don’t put it in your compost bin/green recycling as it will keep spreading) - Same for the soil if you were planting in containers and wash the pot - If planted in the ground, wait 3 years before planting bulbs again in the same area Hope that helps xx
Thanks for posting this. Just got to see this. Have answered most of the questions newbie at gardening would want to know before planting bulbs. Thanks for wonderful information.
Tx for the info. Glad you addressed planting in pots. I'm in Ontario, Canada so am going to try pots this year. My knees are bad so thought this method might be easier.
I love planting in containers, it’s much easier (and perfect for bulbs) !! I have a whole playlist on container gardening if you’re interested ruclips.net/p/PLYA5wjOJjcgNm2zlMVc5S5OcRU5Duk_PL&si=STI0wVJ-5Tw9uX5-
😘😘
One year I thought that my tulips 🌷 were not coming back anymore and the voles got them 🤔 but it was a very dry winter and spring. The following year it rained a lot and all the tulips 🌷 came back 🤗 I'm sure in the UK 🇬🇧 there will be enough rain ☔️ during winter and spring that you don't have to consider to give them extra water.
Haha you’re right about that, we do have a lot of rain here 😁!! Thanks for sharing 🙏 It’s definitely needed to keep an eye on moisture levels!!
Hi Johanna, I'm not sure if you'll see this but quick question about lifting your bulbs to store for next year... you said lift them when the foliage starts to turn yellow? Just the tips or does the entire leaf need to be yellow before it's lifted? I've been thinking about doing this as I'm in the south and my bulbs need to chill in the refrigerator... I'd love to get more than a year out of my bulbs before they have to be thrown in the compost pile. Thanks!
Hey 👋 Sorry for the slow reply 😊 yes just a bit of yellowing should be fine as it means the bulb has finished for this year! After lifting, you can then leave them to cure for a while until the whole foliage turns yellow (that way the bulb can absorb a little bit of extra energy)! Good luck, hope the chilling process will work for you 🤞😘
Thank you, really good information there :)
Thank you, so happy it was helpful 😊
Thank you for the video 💛🌷. Can we mulch the bulbs? Put like mulch on top , will it grow « through » the mulch? Thank you 🙏🏻💛
Absolutely! I use bark mulch and it adds a finishing touch and also protect the bulbs from hard frosts - the bulbs will grow through absolutely fine 😊😘
I just bought 50 bulb of Persian pearl
Just started gardening this Feb. with Tulips. By May & up to now, the ground location for these tulips are totally bare after cleaning them up. Do I need to water the ground normally as often like when there were flowers on it? Can I just leave the ground unattended & no watering when dormant? Is it going to be always 8 months of watering bare grounds?
Hey Lorna, sorry for the slow reply, welcome to the gardening family, I hope you will love it 🥰 Yes if it’s really dry, you can water once in a while so the bulbs don’t dry out but if you have enough rainfall, that shouldn’t be a problem!
You could always create a mixed border (so add other plants and have spaces for Tulips) or simply plant on top of them if you don’t want the bare ground? A lot of people use seasonal bedding (that is shallow rooted and won’t impact the bulbs) or sow annuals. For example, in Spring Violas, Summer Petunias or Marigolds, cyclamen for Autumn/Winter. This way you always have something to fill the bare ground. Hope that helps xx
Thank you, Johanna, from Lodi, CA wine country.
You’re welcome, glad it was helpful and hope that you’ll have a beautiful show next Spring ❤️!!
I have a question about planting perennial summer flowers on top of tulips. I have read varying advice and would like to know if you have any recommendations for what type of flowers to plant over the bulbs? I have a vast amount of bulbs, so digging them up is not a viable option for me. I really like roses, but was afraid that the two would interfere with each other as roses tend to bloom in late spring. I am thinking that watering the summer flowers should not cause bulb rot, if the bulb's season is over. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Hi Clarissa, apologies for the late reply, I hope this will still be helpful :
Yes you can plant over tulips ! A couple of options below:
1. Sowings seeds:
This would mean you don’t have to dig (and therefore limit potential damage to the bulbs).
- you can direct sow some annuals from now up to end of May for a Summer display
- a couple of ideas of flowers easy to grow from seed: zinnias, sunflowers, marigolds, calendula, nasturtiums
- You could also sow an annual wildflowers 😊 video here ruclips.net/video/L2_IubOsInM/видео.html
2. Planting plug plants:
You can also about now find annual plug plants or already grown on annuals to add to your border (e.g petunias, foxgloves, snapdragons). Small rootballs means you are again less likely to damage bulbs by planting them.
Annuals are shallow rooted so won’t bother the bulbs and will bloom through the entire season.
3. You can plant summer flowering bulbs/corms/tubers! For sun, plants like Dahlias, gladioli, lilies are a lovely option!
3. Another option is to plant perennials (e.g lavender, nepeta, salvias) which are really good bloomers too but for a shorter period. The risk of course is to damage the bulbs in the planting process but you can always replant more Tulips in the Autumn to get a really good bloom show.
You should be okay watering so long as the soil has good drainage- the bulbs will need water & nutrients to keep growing.
Hope that helps! 😘😘
@@bobbiostudio Thank you so much for your time in providing such a detailed synopsis of how to garden plan tulips with other flowers! I have saved your incredibly insightful response for future reference. This helps immensely and I am very grateful to you for sharing your knowledge, and for sharing a helpful link to your video about annual wildflowers (I adore wildflowers). I hope you have a wonderful week -- you are the absolute best! 🤗☺😘
congratulations for your videos I have a problem with tulips I have planted tulips in the flower containers, but very low almost to the ground because they are 45 cm tall tulips.thanks
Hi Salvo, thank you 🥰!
So you planted them 40cm deep if I understood correctly?
The planting depths for Tulips (regardless of how tall it grows) is typically 10/15cm (about 2/3 times the height of the bulb).
If they are planted too deeply, they may not bloom or not emerge from the soil at all (because they will use too much energy).
Did you plant them recently? If not too long ago, you may be able to replant them without damaging them. Hope that helps 😊xx
@@bobbiostudio No, I planted tulips in autumn at a depth of 10-15 cm. I was saying that they are tulips that when blooming reach a height of 50 cm. But they have flowered very very low and I don't understand why.
Thanks for explaining again 😊! It sounds like their growth was stunted in some way - maybe they didn’t get enough water in the last weeks before flowering (especially if they didn’t flower well) or possibly not enough sun. Another factor could have been the weather: they need a long period of cold to flower properly - 8/12 weeks for most spring bulbs so if the weather warmed up at some point during Winter, that could be an explanation too 🥺
You could try to apply a phosphorus rich fertiliser to help them build up again energy for the following year 💚
Do Angelic Tulips naturalize for you?
Thank you.
I never grew Tulip Angélique specifically but a very similar variety (late, pink with a double bloom) called Foxtrot which sadly didn’t come back well ! Your best bet are Single Darwin Hybrids, hope that helps xx
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Thank you for the wonderful Q&A. I have a quick question, you said the tulip bulbs can be placed close together in pots. Why is that? does that mean you can't place them close together in the ground? Thank you!
Hi Nate, thank you ❤️
Great question - I’m assuming that when planting in containers, you either replant in the landscape after flowering or will discard the bulbs (treat them as annuals so once flowering). Spacing them close will give you a better show.
You can absolutely keep your Tulip bulbs year round in the container and plant on top with seasonal bedding - then do use a winder spacing as the bulbs will multiply 😊
Hope you have a great day or evening xx
@@bobbiostudio brilliant thank you so much!
Hello ma'am in which month do tulip flower should plant?
Im going to do some geurilla gardening and im planting a mixture of 10,000 hyancith and tulip in grass in a dog paw and rainbow shape in memorial of my dog, have you got any tips when doing this? The grass gets lots of sun but obvs im planting in turf, whats the best tool? I have a bulb planter , would it remove a disc kf turf that i can stick back over the hole? Or am i best making lots of holes and re seeding the grass?
Aww that’s such a lovely way to commemorate them 🐾 It sounds like a massive planting project so possibly the fastest way would be to till the area / dig it in so that the bulbs are easier to plant. And yes you can absolutely reseed the grass (which is probably the neatest option as planting at that scale will likely damage it) 😊
The Keukenhof (a tulip park in the Netherlands) plants on a massive scale every year, they have a video that might be helpful ruclips.net/video/vyFV9javwAQ/видео.html
I would love to see what it looks like in Spring so if this is something you feel like sharing, don’t hesitate to DM me on Instagram @bobbiostudio. Good luck with the planting !! 💚🪻🪻🪻
I just bought a couple of bulbs online 2 weeks ago and haven't planted yet but shoots are sprouting out from those bulbs .. I'm so tempted to water plant them..what do I do?
Hey thanks for reaching out! I’m assuming it’s Summer for you too?
It’s hard to tell without seeing a photo but that doesn’t sound good 😱
Spring bulbs shouldn’t be sprouting at all yet nor have roots, it’s too early! The bulbs were probably stored incorrectly (too warm) or are from last year..
I would contact the company and ask for a refund/exchange.
If you plant now, the risk is that they will grow before Winter and freeze before blooming normally in Spring and likely won’t bloom at all actually as they already spent a lot of energy.
If you can’t return them, you could try to save them. I would put them in a fridge at 4deg Celsius to completely halt growth and plant them in very early Spring so they can continue their growth. Never tried before so can’t guarantee it will work!
Hope that helps!!
@@bobbiostudio dea here autumn starts in a couple of days..
What will happen if leave blub permanently in ground so next year no need to plant
Hi , I had purchased growing bunch of tulips( it does not have bulbs or roots, just has leaves, stem, flower). Can they be planted in soil to grow?
Hi, sadly no, you need the bulb for them to grow !
Do double petal tulips come back year after year? I keep reading conflicting information on this.
I think because it depends on the variety, how & where they are planted, fertilised, how dry/wet the winters were, etc. In my experience, single tulips give you a better chance (along with pretty much every other spring bulb) but it’s worth trying out in your own space and see what works!! 😘
I like how you get right to the point. The music makes it a little hard to hear you sometimes
Thanks for letting me know 👍
Is your instagram still working? Couldn’t find it
I changed my handle to @bobbiostudio ☺️
Thanks
I'm gonna get the wife.A busy wife is gonna be busy partner tulips her tulips
Do u soak tulips before planting
Hi Celeste, no Tulips don’t need to be soaked before planting, simply water after planting and keep an eye out for dry spells - where you would need to supplement water. If planting in containers, ensure there is good drainage (drainage hole at the bottom, raise the pot on feets or with a brick). If planting in the ground and you have heavy soil (that retains a lot of water), add horticultural grit at the bottom of the planting hole to help with drainage. Tulips hate having wet feet ☺️
(P.S: dried corms like ranunculus or anemones would need to be soaked)
Hope you have a great day or evening 😘😘
Thank u 😊
How do I get rid of the fungi?
Hey Ana, unfortunately you can’t get rid of it. The advice if some of your bulbs are affected is:
- to burn the bulbs and foliage affected (or bin them but don’t put it in your compost bin/green recycling as it will keep spreading)
- Same for the soil if you were planting in containers and wash the pot
- If planted in the ground, wait 3 years before planting bulbs again in the same area
Hope that helps xx
@@bobbiostudio Thanks for the help 😭😭 can I plant another plant? I do have reduced space for gardening and the soil and containers are very valuable.
Hey Ana, yes you can plant everything else there - it only affects Tulips 😊!!
Someone stole the heads of our tulips-
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