Watering these elegant plants takes the following format: After planting tulips deep in the ground, water the bulb thoroughly to start the cycle of the plant. Check the bulb weekly and water when the rain stops or doesn’t moisten the site. Don’t overwater to maintain a stable moisture level. When the tulips emerge, water if the surrounding soil is dry.
Once the flower blooms, it will generally last about two weeks. The exact lifespan will depend on which tulip variety you’ve planted as well as the climate and temperature where you live. The care that is given to the flowers will also affect tulips’ lifespan.
What to do with tulips when they’re done blooming?
Move the pot to a place where it can get sunshine until the Tulip finishes flowering. Once-blooming stops, cut off the flowers to prevent new seeds from forming. Leave the foliage for now. Water the Tulip twice per week, but only when the surface soil is dry. Then water every other week with a balanced fertilizer.
Do tulips rebloom every year?
While the newer hybrids are very spectacular, they are far less likely to rebloom from year to year. The old fashions tulips are more forgiving when it comes to getting the right environment and are more likely to bloom year after year. Planting the tulips bulbs to the right depth will also help keep your tulips blooming annually. You should plant the tulip three times deeper than it is tall.
This begs the inquiry “Do tulips multiply every year?”
They’re smaller, more delicate plants that are closer in appearance to their wild ancestors than the big tulips that have been developed through hybridizing. Species tulips not only return year after year, but they multiply and form clumps that grow bigger each year, a process called naturalizing.