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Help! Potted Tulip?
There's a reason you have not seen me on this board before. I received a potted tulip plant for V-day and have no idea how to take care of it. I know they are perennials (right?) and they grow from a bulb but that's about it. It's too cold for it to be outside so I need to know how to keep this Love plant alive indoors in a pot. There is only one bloom right now, but about 5-6 stalks. Do I need to separate them into their own pots?
Re: Help! Potted Tulip?
http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/potted-tulips.html
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Perfect, thanks!
I'm new to these forums too, but I'm an avid gardener, so I'd like to jump on in here
Tulips, like most bulbs (daffs, lillies, dhalias, crocus, snowbells) actually need the freeze over winter to come back the next spring.
Enjoy your tulip inside for as long as you can, then after you're sure there's no longer a chance for frost (after Mother's Day is a safe bet, but I'm from WI so even that is hit or miss), pop it and all of its dirt in a hole in the ground where you'd like to see it.
Don't cut the green leaves (it's making food for winter), but if it starts to shoot up a seed pod, just snip that (it's useless since the plant is already bulbed and you aren't trying to make new tulips, it just pulls nutrients away from the bulb).
Let it die back in fall (you can snip the leaves when they're completely dead and brown, but I usually leave it because it's just extra mulch), let it winter over and you should have a new tulip the next year or so.
Don't get discouraged if it doesn't bloom for you (sometimes, depending on the variety, they take a year to chill out and be happy in the yard), if its green, you're golden
Have fun!