"Where did the tulips go?"

A common springtime complaint among gardeners is, "Where did the tulips go?" The lavish display you planted one year looked great, but it might be turning from glory to gloom as the seasons pass.

Many of the largest fluffy parrots and double-flowering May bloomers look their best in the first year, so if you want tulips to come back year after year, select bulbs with that characteristic.

To create an interesting tulip garden, plant a few bulbs for the "wow" effect, then add bulbs that will give you five or six or even more years of pleasure.

The two keys to consistently returning tulips are...[ read more ]