i planted some tulips and hyacinths?

Question

the tulips have all seemed to die and most of the hyacinths flowers are dead the leaves are still green. does this mean they will grow back or should i just plant something else there????please help im trying so hard but im not having any luck. im in the chicago area and the spot is always sunny. thanx i would like something that lasts and i dont mind replanting every year

Answer 1

Cut off the dead flowering parts of the tulips and hyacinths so the plants don't put their energy into producing seed pods. You want those green leaves to put the energy back into the bulbs. Sprinkle some bone meal around the roots and scrape it into the soil so the bulbs will have nutrients for next year's flowers.
Tulips usually only make nice flowers for one, maybe two years unless you fertilize them. Hyacinths will make nice flowers for 5 or so years if they get fertilized. Both kinds of bulbs only bloom once a year, then they're done.
You can plant sun-loving flowers like geraniums or petunias on top of the "spent" tulips and hyacinths. When the tulip and hyacinth leaves get withered and brown, trim them away.

Remember, any spring bulbs like tulips, hyacinths and daffodils only put on a short, but showy display. It's expected that you either dig them out and plant fresh bulbs in the fall for next year, or allow the leaves to rejuvenate the bulbs while you hide them with summer flowering bedding plants.

Answer 2

The blooming season for tulips and hyacinths is over. They are supposed to die back, but the bulb is still alive and storing up the food it gets from it's greenery for the next year. Leave them alone until the greenery turns brown and dies away then you can cut it off. Plant perennials or annuals now. In the fall, when you plant bulbs, you might try staggering your bulb planting so that something is always in bloom when others are waning. Buy a good gardening book for suggestions.

Answer 3

the bulbs you have planted will only bloom once this spring as the flower heads die chop them off so the leaves still get energy.If you want to you can dig them up and then replant them in the fall(I find this to be kind of a pain in the you know what) So I plant perrennials around my bulbs-you did not say how big of area you have My sunny flowers that I enjoy the most are rebeckia(yellow daisys that bloom into the frost)Coneflowers(purple,red,white and orange)they bloom late july through august taller and striking Monardia(reds,pinks whites and purples)again taller hummingbirds,butterflies and bees love this plant and when the wind blows boy does it smell good it blooms about the middle of july to middle of august and asters purple is my favorite but comes in pinks and whites too large plant starts blooming beginning of august and blooms into the frost lots of blooms and again the butterflies and bees love this plant these are a few of my favorites I do have more than one of each of these because I have had such good luck with these plants if you plant them around your bulbs- your bulbs will bloom in the spring and by the time they are done blooming these perrennials will come up and hide the bulb stocks and that is how a perrennial flower bed works if you are looking for sunny flowers check out the web site for wayside gardens-good Luck!

Answer 4

You might want to dig up the bulbs before you plant something else in the same spot, but in the fall, replant them and come spring you will have your tulips and hyacinths back again. They are so pretty, but really don't last too long.

Answer 5

Tulips come back every year. not sure about the other flowers