Author name: Louise Hughes

I'm Louise Hughes and I run the flower blog flowersfornow.com. I've been interested in flowers since I was a little girl and I love sharing my knowledge with others. I started the blog as a way to share my love of flowers with the world, and I hope to inspire others to appreciate the beauty of flowers as well.

Do tulips naturalize?

Species tulips not only return year after year, but they multiply and form clumps that grow bigger each year, a process called naturalizing. That process happens when bulblets formed by the mother bulb get big enough and split off to produce their own flowers, van den Berg-Ohms explained. You might be asking “Do tulips grow …

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Are tulips dangerous?

Tulips are from the Lily family and contain toxic glycosides. The toxin Tuliposide A or Tulipalin A is also present in hyacinths. Even people may have allergic, painful, and itchy rashes just from handling tulip and hyacinth bulbs. The toxin inhibits protein synthesis in cells. One common answer is, the tulip bulbs contain compounds of …

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Do tulips open up?

Besides being available in a wide range of colors, tulips are also recognized for their two phenomena. Tulips tend to open up in the morning and close up in the night, a behavior called nyctinasty. But, when tulips remain wide open even during the night, it is bizarre and indicates some problem. The tulips tend …

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When do tulips bloom?

When tulips (Tulipa spp.) bloom in early to late spring, the garden comes to life with bold color. Tulips are cold-climate perennials not naturally well suited for mild climates, but, by pre-treating the bulbs before planting your tulips in spring, you can grow a striking garden in Mediterranean climates and frost-free coastal areas. Some articles …

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Do tulips keep blooming?

Tulips, Tulipa, Naturalizing, Spring Bulbs Botanical tulips and their cultivars will multiply in number year after year. A few border tulips like the Darwin hybrid tulips, Fosteriana tulips and Kaufmanniana tulips are known to reliably rebloom. Though most people think of tulips as a springtime flower, they actually bloom in a wide range of colors …

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Why are my tulips so short?

Tulips are available in various species. A widespread factor responsible for short stems in tulips is their variety. There are a lot of species available in tulips. Improper temperature and storage Tulip bulbs require chilling for 12-16 weeks before being planted in the fall months. Planted too deep early tulips not growing proper stems, bad …

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