After fall bulbs are planted and bloom in the spring...?

Question

After they are done blooming do I cut them down to the ground ??? I don't want them to die and look crapy. Do they come back every spring, for how many years if so?

Answer 1

You do need to let them die back. That is how they store energy for next year. Bulbs will grow for may years, we have some that are almost 20 years old and they still come up every year.

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Answer 2

I was under the impression that the bulb needs the dying foliage for food. So, yes, it will have to look crappy for a while.

I think professional landscapers cut them off and just plant new again in the fall.

If you pretty much ignore them, you can count on at least five years of bloom. When the blossoms start getting smaller, wait until fall and dig up the bulbs and divide them. Replant them. They might or might not bloom the following spring, but they will bloom again, once they've had a chance to grow some.

Answer 3

Most fall bulbs will naturally die back after they bloom in the spring. Cut them back and keep them watered throughout the summer. You can usually have other plants in the same are bloom all summer.

Most bulbs will come back year after year. For some, like tulips, you can dig them up in the fall and find that the bulbs doubled into two or three bulbs. You can separate them like separating a head of garlic and replant them....doubling the tulip flowers next spring!!

Answer 4

You didn't say what type of bulbs you have. But most come back if you live in a cold weather state. If you live in the south or southwest, the leaves come back but they do not bloom.

After the blooms have faded, cut them off but keep the green leaves until they turn brown. Then you can cut the leaves too.

The green leaves collect food for next year blooms.

Answer 5

You want your bulb flowers to dry up naturally to give nutrients back to the bulbs for the next year. If you cut them off you will be killing any future flowers. I have seen some people braid the dried flowers together to make them decorative while they dry back. As far as coming back every year, I can't tell you exactly for how long they will but I know hyacinths have about a three year life expectancy. You really have to dig up bulbs every few years and thin, add or just adjust depth and refresh the soil.

Answer 6

You have to let the green leaves die back by themselves, or they will not bloom the next year. If you grow hostas also, plant the tulips and crocus among the hostas, and they will be dying back about the time the hostas come up, and they will not be noticed. Or just grow them as an annual and plant them new each year.

Answer 7

a) Ratio and proportion of possibility: Ratio: = fifty six to (sixty 5 - fifty six) = fifty six to 9 proportion: = fifty six/sixty 5 * one hundred% = a million,a hundred and twenty/13% or 86 2/13% b) Bulbs she ought to plant next fall: = ninety two/(fifty six/sixty 5) = ninety two * sixty 5/fifty six = a million,495/14 or 106 11/14 = 107 (approximated) answer: She ought to plant 107 iris bulbs. evidence: = 107 * fifty six/sixty 5 = 5,992/sixty 5 = ninety two