Friday, May 21, 2010

We did some edging around tulip bed took off the sod all the tulips just flopped what happened?

It could just be your timing - tulips are usually early spring bloomers then they flop and need to be cut back and they will bloom again next year. Mine have finished blooming and have flopped over, I'll be cutting them back this week.

We did some edging around tulip bed took off the sod all the tulips just flopped what happened?
Tulips are fragile and sensitive to small changes in moisture. You either had some incidental contact with them during this work or forgot to water the bed after disturbing it - removing cover on beds will cause some accelerated wicking of moisture off the bed (it is like removing the mulch from it) so I normally just avoid touching a bed while tulips are in bloom in it - now you can prop them up and water them and they should finish out their bloom and retire normally - they will be fine next year.
Reply:their roots aren't that long , they probably just bloomed and are done until next spring


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