Pictures – Bulbs I planted in October 2008 – Denver Garden

I’m SO looking forward to next spring to see my new tulips come up!

Tips for tulips:

In the Denver area, we’ve got until about early to mid November to get them planted, but before the end of October is ideal. After that, there’s the real possibility the ground will freeze and will be too late.
Plant them in mass and not spread wide throughout the garden. This makes for a much greater visual impact.
It’s OK to plant them under deciduous trees, because even though tulips like the sun the trees don’t have their leaves yet.
Tulip bulbs will rot in constantly wet soil. Plant in an area where the soil is more loose and gravely, if possible. They don’t really like a lot of water. They also like a sunny spot.
Select a variety of early, mid, and late flowering tulips. This will increase your spring color by a good 6 weeks when you otherwise would have little to no color at all!
Give them a nice dose of bulb food in early spring. Bonemeal is good…but your dog will like it as well!
Don’t cut the greenery as soon as the tulip flowers fade. Wait until the leaves turn yellow and wither. This is how the bulbs get fed for next year’s showing. If you want to hide the unsightly yellow leaves, plant other plants around to hide them.

Just planted 100 of the yellow Monte Carlo double early tulips -