Growing Tulips?

Question

My girls gave me cut tulips for Mothers day, I would like to save the seeds to plant next year but I am not sure were on the flower they are, could someone tell me?

Answer 1

Growing tulips from seeds is difficult, perhaps impossible depending on the hybridization on the tulips in question. Even if there were seeds forming in those cut tulips however, they won't grow to viable maturity without the rest of the plant there to feed and nourish them.

Answer 2

sorry, but if the tulip was cut before the "flower" (or bloom) actually developed, got pollinated, and the petals fell off naturally then there will be no official seeds on the cut flower at all! also it is very difficult to grow from seed and could take years of growing greenery and dying back before the thing even blooms if u even get it to grow! most tulips grow from the bulbs which if left in the ground for a couple of years will develop small bulblets that actually cause the plant to seem as though it's spreading.... these are what u want and are ur best bet of propagating tulips!

Answer 3

I tried to grow tulips from seed, but found out that most tulips are hybrids and the seeds won't produce a flower that looks like the original.

Try it anyway, what have you got to lose? Its fun to plant all sorts of seeds. Every item of produce that has passed through my kitchen, that contained seeds, I have tried to grow at one time or another. Some were failures, but the successes were well worth the effort.