Tulip bulbs..?

I received some tulips as a gift(in a pot and blooming), and I want to plant them in the spring. For some reason, I thought there was some process to preserve the bulbs or something, inorder to transplant them. Or should I just keep on watering the bulbs while they are still in the pot, and just transfer them that way in the spring???

Tulip bulbs..?
You can try to plant them after they are finished blooming. I believe that they were "forced" which exhausts the bulb by forcing it to bloom out of season. If that is the case, they will likely never recover. They are basically an "annual" at that point.





If they have not been forced, then they stand a chance of blooming again, although it may be two years before they bloom again. Again, they are not in their normal growing environment.





One last thing. If you are in a hardiness zone such as 7, 8, 9 or 10 (one that is considered temperate, such as Alabama, Texas, Florida, etc), then tulips are considered annuals anyway. Some native tulips will survive in those climates, but few hybridized tulips can.
Reply:If they have finished flowering now stop watering and let them dry out and rest now until the autumn when you can plant them out and they will flower again next spring
Reply:You're supposed to plant tulips in the fall before the first frost. They will bloom in the spring.
Reply:Likely the potted tulips were "forced" to bloom. This requires being stored for a period of time in cold temperatures. Tulips require the cold to set buds. Tulips that have been forced to bloom seldom ever bloom again. You can try to plant them (in the fall) but it is unlikely you will see flowers. Sorry!!

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