Red tulips bloom on a pleasant spring day
Today is a very pleasant spring day; a bit cool (max 65 °F, min 18 °F) and a bit windy, but lots of sun. Red tulips bloom in my garden for the first time. We had a few yellow and white tulips earlier. Most of our bulbs were daffodils, which multiply on their own.
Tulips and daffodils next to the birdbath in the garden. Photo credit: Abhijai Mathur Copyright: CC-BY-SA 3.0
Tulips sometimes come back the following year which means that you have to plant them fresh every year. Bethesda is a bit too hot for tulips to return the following year. However, these tulips are hybrids that promise to return.
Tulips and daffodils on the path down through the garden. Photo credit: Abhijai Mathur Copyright: CC-BY-SA 3.0
I had not planted tulips in the past but so many people have commented positively on them that I am planning to plant another 100 of these in a different part of the garden in October.
Get Growing!
Tulip
Tulipa gesneriana
Perennial
How to use them: Plant generous quantities bulbs in well-drained soil among perennial flower beds and borders.
Part sun
Low
Moderate
Fall
Spring
3 – 8
Daffodil Paperwhite
Narcissus papyraceus
Perennial
How to use them: Plant clusters of bulbs in well-drained soil among rock gardens or perennial flower beds.
Full sun
Low
Low
Fall
Late winter
5 – 9