Tulip people...(tulips are out)

[highland145]

pointers, please.

 

[highland145]

None of you plant flowers?

Mom's basement must be full.

 

[olds]

<-- remembers as a kid a "joke" about planting tulips... two lips

 

[krose]

Most varieties are treated as annuals. Some will naturalize. Tulips need a well drained loam soil. Plant at least 8 inches deep from the base of the bulb, the bigger the bulb the deeper it should be planted. Use a fertilizer such as Bulb-Tone in the planting hole. Tulips can't be grown in the deep South because they need a long period of chilling, ~12 weeks, to make them break dormancy in the Spring. I guess SC is okay. Deer and rodents love them. Crocus too. I gave up and only plant daffodils anymore. Nothing eats them and they naturalize easier. That's all I've got.

 

[highland145]

Thanks, krose. The crocus looks interesting too. I figure if Lowe's carries the bulbs, it should be fine planting them here. The wife nixed the daffodils because I kept pushing for the orange/white....good Clemson colors.

 

[DrPizza]

No pointers from me because you're in a completely different zone. Here, you plant them, and they come up year after year. I don't know how the dormancy period works for SC - here, they're well within the frost zone = they're at freezing temperatures during the winter.

 

[Fern]

pointers, please.

Some years ago I planted approx 100 bulbs.

By the end of the second year I had none left. Squirrels or voles likely ate them. So my recommendation is to use something like chicken wire etc to protect the bulbs from hungry varmits.

Fern

 

[Meghan54]

No pointers from me because you're in a completely different zone. Here, you plant them, and they come up year after year. I don't know how the dormancy period works for SC - here, they're well within the frost zone = they're at freezing temperatures during the winter.

In the south, you dig the bulbs up in the fall, throw in refrigerator, like in the vegetable bin inside (this winterizes them), and replant in Jan/Feb.

 

[highland145]

Some years ago I planted approx 100 bulbs.

By the end of the second year I had none left. Squirrels or voles likely ate them. So my recommendation is to use something like chicken wire etc to protect the bulbs from hungry varmits.

Fern

Just read that on the Clemson extension site. We have a crap ton of squirrels. 3 large oaks and 1 hickory on my 1/4 ac don't help. Illegal to use a pellet rifle in the city on them. Not to mention there are houses all around.

In the south, you dig the bulbs up in the fall, throw in refrigerator, like in the vegetable bin inside (this winterizes them), and replant in Jan/Feb.

Just read that too. That's not going to happen. Happy to plant them once but I'm not digging them up and replanting them in the fall.

http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/hot_topics/2010/04bulbs.html

 

[Doodoo]

Between the deer and woodchucks eating them around here i gave up on them. They're treated as annuals, but they do sometimes come back. I find that if they do come back, you get less and less each year.

Only thing i plant now are peonies.

 

[highland145]

Just spent some time with the guy at the Clemson extension. Was thinking the plan was going to be iris's in the back by the fence, paper whites in the middle and the crocus across the front. Called my yard guy and he said the peonies are nice and would be good instead of the iris's....

I really should just make a plan and stop googling bulbs/plants.

Thanks guys.

 

[turtile]

Just spent some time with the guy at the Clemson extension. Was thinking the plan was going to be iris's in the back by the fence, paper whites in the middle and the crocus across the front. Called my yard guy and he said the peonies are nice and would be good instead of the iris's....

I really should just make a plan and stop googling bulbs/plants.

Thanks guys.

Peonies always get powdery mildew by the end of summer.

Here are some other bulbs to look at depending on the light situation in your yard:
http://www.vanengelen.com/flower-bulbs-index/leucojum/leucojum-aestivum-gravetye-giant.html

http://www.vanengelen.com/flower-bulbs-index/ipheion.html

 

[Homerboy]

Around here I can't get rid of them. They multiply like rabbits.

 

[highland145]

Peonies always get powdery mildew by the end of summer.

Here are some other bulbs to look at depending on the light situation in your yard:
http://www.vanengelen.com/flower-bulbs-index/leucojum/leucojum-aestivum-gravetye-giant.html

http://www.vanengelen.com/flower-bulbs-index/ipheion.html

Called my "yard guy" and said figure this out. I'll make the kid take care of it. Sent your links too. Thanks.

Around here I can't get rid of them. They multiply like rabbits.

Sounds like a business opportunity. Deer baited field.

 

[bbhaag]

No pointers from me because you're in a completely different zone. Here, you plant them, and they come up year after year. I don't know how the dormancy period works for SC - here, they're well within the frost zone = they're at freezing temperatures during the winter.

Same in my area. I guess certain bulbs need a period of cold treatment in order for them to come back year after year.
I was reading an article the other day in Greenhouse Management about cold treating Easter lilies for 14 weeks before planting for pot production. I guess that's why but I just never realized it until I read you post.

Thanks man.

 

[richardycc]

can't plant them, too many squirrels and wild animals, and I am too lazy to dig them up every yr. ...the only bulbs I can plant are daffodils, they leave them alone, daffodil bulbs must have some defense chemicals in them.

 

[highland145]

can't plant them, too many squirrels and wild animals, and I am too lazy to dig them up every yr. ...the only bulbs I can plant are daffodils, they leave them alone, daffodil bulbs must have some defense chemicals in them.