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How to Save Tulip Bulbs for Next Season
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How to Save Tulip Bulbs for Next Season

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Jun 17, 2022

Most gardeners treat their tulips as annuals and purchase new bulbs every year. However, you might want to save your tulip bulbs for next season but are unsure whether this is possible

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Do Tulips Spread and Multiply?
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Do Tulips Spread and Multiply?

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Jun 07, 2022

It is almost guaranteed that a spring garden will have at least one variety of tulip on display, after all, tulips are the most common sign of spring. Although they...

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Do Tulips Return Every Year?
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Do Tulips Return Every Year?

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Jun 07, 2022

Tulips are arguably the most popular autumn planted flower bulb and the most recognisable sign of spring. Due to the vast variety of colour, shape, and size on offer most...

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Why Tulips Droop and How to Stop it
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Why Tulips Droop and How to Stop it

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Apr 26, 2022

Drooping tulips can be a massive problem to gardeners, creating a depleted look rather than a colourful, joyful spring garden. But why do tulips droop and how can we stop...

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The Truth About Off-Season Tulip Bulbs
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The Truth About Off-Season Tulip Bulbs

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Apr 04, 2022

For the impatient gardeners amongst us, having to wait until Autumn to buy tulip bulbs can feel akin to torture. But there’s a very good reason for holding tight and...

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What to do with Tulip and Daffodil bulbs after they have finished flowering?
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What to do with Tulip and Daffodil bulbs after they have finished flowering?

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on May 06, 2021

Spring has sprung and your bulbs have all bloomed, now what? What should you do with your Spring-flowering daffodils and tulips once they have finished flowering? Well, there are a...

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THE BEST PLACE TO BUY TULIP BULBS
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THE BEST PLACE TO BUY TULIP BULBS

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Apr 19, 2021

Tulips come in myriad shapes, styles and colours and enliven any bed, border, garden, pot or container with their vibrant shades and beautiful forms. Planted alone or alongside other Autumn-planted...

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Tall Tulips
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Tall Tulips

Posted by Michael King on Mar 22, 2021

Tall tulips are the best tulips to use at the end of spring in your garden borders. Nature has been kind to gardeners by coming up with a range of...

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Big Bold Bulbs
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Big Bold Bulbs

Posted by Michael King on Mar 22, 2021

There is a select group of big bulbs that we can use to make a bold statement within our garden borders. Growing tall and flowering in spring or summer they...

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Darwinhybrid Group Tulips - Bold And Beautiful
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Darwinhybrid Group Tulips - Bold And Beautiful

Posted by Michael King on Mar 22, 2021

Darwinhybrids are monster tulips, sometimes with blooms bigger than a clenched fist that are guaranteed to make a bold and dramatically beautiful display anywhere.

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Using and Choosing Tulips in Gardens
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Using and Choosing Tulips in Gardens

Posted by Michael King on Mar 22, 2021

Tulips are for me the icing on the cake in my gardens. Choosing the different sorts and deciding how and where to use them in designs is a particular pleasure....

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Can You Plant Bulbs In Winter?
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Can You Plant Bulbs In Winter?

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Sep 22, 2020

While fall is the ideal time to plant spring flower bulbs, there’s no reason to worry if you’ve gotten behind with your gardening schedule. There’s still time to plant some tulips, narcissi,...

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