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Just wait until you learn about tulips! I never understood tulip mania until my wife started planting them. Tulips are annuals, so they only are expected to gr
by PheonixPharts 3y ago
Just wait until you learn about tulips! I never understood tulip mania until my wife started planting them.
Tulips are annuals, so they only are expected to grow one season. You often order the bulbs in summer and they're delivered in fall, and then planted in early winter before the ground gets too cold. They're often less than a dollar per bulb, but if you've ever seen a nice arrangement, hundreds of tulips is not all that much.
The first year my wife told me she was spending ~$300 on tulips I thought she was crazy. That spring when I saw what they looked like I okayed doubling the order for the next year. It's really a delight to see spring announced by your yard exploding in beautiful flowers.
- jerrysievert 3y agoI have some good news for you! While tulips do not reliably come back every year, sometimes skipping a year, they are actually perennials.
- jamiek88 3y agoI have even better news. They multiply too!
- jerrysievert 3y agoindeed! my first tulip plantings had additional tulips coming up several inches from where I planted them, as well as the original tulip bulbs planted. how did I know they weren't some random tulips? because I planted some very beautiful specialty bulbs I had never seen before, and that's what came up. really looking forward to spring to see them all come up again.
- dekhn 3y agotulips aren't annuals where I live in California (Bay Area). They come up in the same place year after year and even spread a little.