can you plant tulips in spring instead of fall?

Answer 1

I'm surprised no one asked where you live. If you're in the south, and you plant tulips in the spring you are very likely to be wasting your time and money. Usually tulip bulbs are bought in late November here, Texas, put in the refrigerator drawer and put in the ground on Jan. 1. They then bloom in spring and are dug up and discarded as they won't bloom again.

Might be different in the northern states with much colder weather.

Answer 2

Sometimes you will find the actual plant in a pot at a garden center - often times already in bloom. I see hyacinths like this quite often. I don't know about bulbs though. If you get a good price and they're not soft or rotten, no harm in trying. At least you'll have them in the ground and ready for next year if nothing else. You might try tulips labeled to bloom in LATE spring if your heart is really set on trying bulbs in the spring. I got some to bloom that way once.

Answer 3

You may plant them as soon as the ground thaws, however they may not bloom this year. If you have just a few, plant them inside in some small pots and after they are finished blooming, put them in the ground. The warmer dirt inside may spark bloom and the ones currently outside are begining to sprout. Planting them in small pots inside now would make them about the same equal to those already in the ground. This process is called "forcing" and that is how flowers that are not in season are avail off season!

Answer 4

tulips have to go through a cooling/chilling process (such as winter) before they will bloom.

You can plant them in the spring, but they will not bloom this year unless they have been through chilling period of time, which is several weeks.

Answer 5

It depend if they were chilled. Did you keep them in a refrigerator or just get them off the shelf? Tulips need a certain amount of cold in order to bloom.

Answer 6

If you can find any bulbs that are not soft. Often the garden centers get them in that are potted in soil, that might be the best way to go. If you find bulbs that are firm, not squishy, they could be planted, they might just bloom a little later that expected.

Answer 7

i purchased potted tulips earlier easter and they died on me. my mom says the bulbs are nevertheless residing. i visit plant them outdoors in a lengthy time period this three hundred and sixty 5 days. yet not certain even as. i'd imagine like each plant they could choose the hotter temps. i stay in Michigan so it receives chilly right here. in basic terms now beginning to warmth as a lot as 40s and 50s. yet have them from me nonetheless. and my mom says in basic terms watch for theirs to come back up.