Tulips Part 2.
Another picture post, dealing with the remaining tulips I have grown and also have pictures of.
Double Earlies
Flowering early to mid spring some of these tulips such as T.’Peach Blossom’ have the extra benefit of being scented which, along with the exquisite double flowers really enhances the early part of the year.
Double Lates
Following on from the earlies some of the Late Doubles such as T. ‘Angelique’ are also scented.
Miscellaneous.
The main pests and actually my nemesis are grey squirrels, they take absolute delight in rooting out the bulbs whether in containers or in the ground. One memorable Christmas Day I spent some time moving my pots into groups and spreading netting over them as I noticed the assault of the squirrel army had begun, eventually this led me to stop growing the Dutch tulips. I later hit upon the idea of putting a piece of heavy metal netting about an inch under the surface of the compost until this in turn was dragged out. I don’t find it worthwhile to keep the bulbs for another year but use tulips like bedding plants, in the past I have kept the bulbs for replanting but have found the results to be inconsistent. One advantage of using fresh bulbs each year is that it avoids the diseases to which tulips are prone.
Botanicals
Just a quick footnote regarding the botanicals or specie tulips, these are generally the dwarf spring flowering tulips, usually found in a rock garden setting or container, with which everyone is familiar. I have grown many of these such as Tulips kaufmanniana, greigii, praestans and their hybrids and also Tulipa tarda although I don’t have many pictures.
See more bulbs I have grown on my next post.
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