How to get tulips to come back year after year

[jena]

Nice video. I plant 250, 000 bulbs every fall in the northeast. We plant on a grand scale, meaning we plant the bulbs less than 2 inches apart (most home gardens suggest 4-6 inches apart). There’s a big festival celebrating our city’s Dutch heritage every spring. We even invite residents to come out and dig up bulbs to take home.

[Thingys-Jill]

Obviously I'm 16 months late to this video; however, if you add bone meal to your bed every fall and spring, you'll help your bulbs and they'll flower beautifully. Tulips need at least 12 weeks of cold in order to bloom. If you live in a hot zone like I do (9B), then you must either buy pre-chilled bulbs or dig them, wash them, and refrigerate them for 3+ months before planting again. Edited to add that I have phlox subulata planted in a berm. I love it. Nice video and well done.

[annekaenglish]

I really like the idea of mixing them up and letting nature take its course!

[martinphilip]

I plant 1000 bulbs a year. I love an overcrowded bed.

[Crina-LudmilaCristeaAuthor]

Gorgeous tulips! Thank you for the advice. I look forward to planting mine!

[gardencali-arkansasstyle]

Loving the colors and mixing the bags together is genuine!

[djsllh]

Love the combination of flowers. Your garden looks awesome and the information in your video was helpful. Thanks!

[rachelk]

Lol I am so that neighbor that will interrupt your video to tell you I love the flowers. They are beautiful.

[nanapoppi]

Love your beautiful tulips and creeping phlox especially in the rock wall setting. The info you provided was very informative and makes me feel better after spending quite alot on bulbs this fall that I can replant them again next spring as you described.

[dawnmitchell]

Love how you have planted these along a rock wall! It mimics how they would grow in nature (mountains of the Middle East). If you want to extend the bloom season of your ground cover areas, you could also plant hardy Plumbago (leadwort). It has nice foliage that would contrast the fern texture of your phlox and has pretty cobalt blue flowers. It is summer to fall blooming.

The best varieties of perennializing tulips are species, kaufmanniana, gregii, Fosteriana, and Darwin hybrids.
Narcissus do really well perennializing.

[Tamarind]

Wow thanks for this great info, including the fact that Costco bulbs are so cost effective and so beautiful!

[lucemarina]

Love it.
Love how you detail and not boring.
Great job!

[tinaknutsen]

I have creeping phlox, muscari, white candy tuft, (which drapes down the rocks just like your phlox does in the video). Beautiful combination and great if you have rocky soil….which I do.
Also have daffodils, tulips all kinds of hostas, ferns, coral bells, Lenten roses in my shadier areas. I have lots of anchor plants such as azaleas, rhododendrons, hydrangeas, dogwoods, fruit and nut trees and of course roses since my husband never promised me a rose 🌹 garden…I planted my own🌹! 🤭
I watch videos like yours and appreciate you sharing your tips and beautiful yard. I love gardening and transforming areas and I am currently working on two different areas that will be secret gardens. It has been a lot of back breaking work over the years and 2 years ago we got a tractor which was a game changer. Cleared a whole back area that had lots of stumps, blackberry bushes, weeds that were up to my neck. Then we leveled it (this area was at least a quarter acre) then we bought in so many loads of top soil and planted 30 arborvitae’s to outline the area. I have been digging up and dividing plants from the other areas of my yard with most of the plants I listed in the beginning. I also collect my own seeds. I am a plant addict and YouTube gardening is kinda like an alcoholic anonymous meeting for me…i stopped buying, started propagation, dividing collecting seeds and swapping with friends and neighbors. It’s an awesome support system 😊🌿🌹🌸🍀🌲🌻🌷🤭

[mariluz]

Blessings for you, you are wonderful. I learn a lot from your tutorials.

[noneya]

Thank you for identifying the grape hyacinths! I have some i received as a gift but didn't know what they were called. They are lovely and easy to grow

[fox]

Your tulips definitely don’t look disorganized. They looks amazing!

[pajtognetti]

Wonderful, thorough information!!! Thank you for taking the time to share and show examples. Looking forward to more of your videos. God bless ❤️

[noelc]

Zinnias are my favorite! I put them in summer when my tulips are done. I also planted some tulips bulbs today, along with crocus & muscari. The Muscari is purple so I planted it in front of these fiery orange tulips...I think the contrast will be nice in spring.

Also the phlox is one of my favorites...just planted a bunch this year so hopefully will see a nice show next year

[jason]

Wow! So beautiful. I love tulip . I have planted for a while now. Yes you're right on. The smaller bed is natural like and your rock beds are stunning. Great information on the work you did in order to create such beautiful beds

[jimhersey]

I love your display of tulips. So so beautiful!! You have taught me a lot in this video, and I am going to try to follow your advise for getting a full display like yours. I also love the flocks. Very pretty blue color. I want to try and plant these around my shed. Thanks again for sharing. I just had to subscribe. God Bless you and your family.