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Spring is here and now is the time to think about choosing tulip bulbs. There are so many varieties that it becomes  a mixture of esthetic and practical concerns.
With so many varieties of  tulip flowers it would be hard to find on that isn’t beautiful. S0 you have a wide variety of choices when it [...]

The Tulip ‘Blushing Beauty’, ‘Tulipa single late’, a fall planted bulb, produces blooms that “blush” from yellow to salmon pink ontall stems. Single Late Tulips finish off the tulip season. They bloom in late spring. The blooms are large, oval, almost egg-shaped, on a long, sturdy stem. Single Late Tulips are good as cut flowers, [...]

The Pom Pom Dahlia Little William, ‘Dahlia’, a spring planted tuberous root, produces small, round balls of tightly rolled bright pink petals about 2 inches in size. The Pom Pom Dahlia take their name from their unusual tight balls of tiered, rounded petals. Dahlia’s are ideal for cut flowers, borders, containers, and massings. They tend [...]

The Crocus ‘Mixed Colors’, ‘Crocus vernus’, is a fall planted bulb. The bright colors of the Crocus show up as soon as the snow has melted, announcing the coming of spring. These wonderful tiny Crocuses have more, but smaller, flowers than the Giant Crocus. The Mixed Colors Crocus blooms in early spring and has a [...]

    Tulips are world renowned for sheer beauty along with how easy they are to plant and care for.
By timing your planting well, or just getting lucky, you may not need to water the soil at all before planting your bulbs. Tulips first evolved in rocky, relatively poor soil in hot, dry climates. But when [...]

  Even though it is widely considered that red roses are often associated with passion, tulips are another flower that can inspire great love.
Centuries ago tulips were unknown in Europe. They rested quietly in remote regions of Central and Western Asia near present-day Turkey, Kazakhstan and others. Enterprising traders, overcome by the flower’s beauty, strived [...]

Tulips as with just about all flowering plants will, at some point, lose their blooms. The tulip petals (called perianths) become brown as they decay. Unlike some flowering plants, however, caring for tulips is simplicity itself.
Often treated like an annual, it’s possible to do nothing at all and simply let nature takes its course. First [...]

  Tulips first evolved in the mountain regions of Central to Western Asia near present-day Turkey and Kazakhstan. Tulips had to survive in an area of the Earth that has cold winters, spring that supplies ample rain, followed by long, hot and dry summers. As a result, not surprisingly, those are exactly the conditions in [...]