How long does the tulip take to mature?

in my experiance usually two years, the first year it will just get leaves and store energy, then the second spring it should bloom, if you bye a pot of tulips already in bloom at a store and plant them, they take a few years to bloom agian

How long does the tulip take to mature?
Typically, you buy a a mature tulip bulb in the fall, plant it, and then it will flower in the spring. To grow them on, wait till they are done blooming, cut off the flower head, and fertilize the plant with a balanced fertilizer....like 10-10-10. Don't remove the yucky looking foliage until its died back on its own.
Reply:Plant bulbs in fall, have blooms in spring.


They will get hardier each year as the bulb grows larger.


Two - three years, won't get bigger.