Q&A for How to Care for Tulips

Deadheading tulips isn't a must, but it does help make the flower bed look tidier.

Cut the stem about an inch above the current cut and remove all the leaves under the rim of the vase.

After the tulips are done blooming, deadhead them with a pair of shears just below the spent bloom.

If the plant is outdoors, you may need to water as often as once a day in certain conditions. Alternatively, indoor tulips only need to be watered once or twice per week.

Once they are in a vase, tulips should last for approximately one week in good health.

You can keep tulips in a vase by placing them in clean and cool water with added flower food then replacing the water every day. Also important to remember is to place the vase out of the sun.

Some types of tulips are annuals and only bloom once while some are perennials and keep coming back year after year.

Plant your tulips in the fall, and then use fertilizer in the Spring. If you think critters are going to dig up the bulbs, consider laying down some hardware cloth around the area.

Yes. Store them in a cool, dry place. In warmer climates you will actually need to chill the bulbs before replanting them.

Whether a tulip is a perennial or an annual depends on your climate. For tulips to be a perennial they need an environment of a cold winter and a hot, dry summer. For climates different than that, you can artificially create these conditions by chilling the bulbs before replanting them.

Yes. you can, but still follow the instructions on the label. Plant it in a sunny spot and water and fertilize it regularly. It will bloom every spring. If it starts to look like it will rain hard or snow hard, you can cover it.

Yes. Any rodents will eat tulips.

Most likely, this is because of a lack of sun. When you plant tulips, make sure they are in a sunny location, and get a sun exposure at least four hours a day. They do best in a soft and moist soil with a neutral pH.

It really depends on how hard the snow is going to fall and the temperature. If it will be very cold and snowing hard, yes cover them, if it will be somewhat cold with a light snow it's optional. If they are planted in the ground, cover them, if they are in a pot then just take it inside your house or garage.

To keep tulips at their best, you can give them lots of sunshine or light and water them at least every other day. If they're dying, you can check the soil, because most flowers only grow and stay bloomed in healthy, earthy soil.

Tulip seeds. You should cut them off so the plant spends energy growing its bulb, not the seeds.

They should bloom next year if you live in a climate that will give them the cold time they need in winter. I leave my tulips in the pot and plant annuals around them. In the fall, I pull the annuals out and leave the pot outside where it gets the same inattention that they would if planted in my garden.

No, you can plant annuals over them and they will come up again next spring.

Yep, it helps with some tulip plants. When the roots come out, they will be good for a while and when you plant them you water the tulip.

Chances are that either too much rain or rodents/animals have gotten to the plant. Consider these choices and make any necessary adjustments for the health of your tulips.

Don't put tulips in water with a vase. Put them in a planting pot with some soil. Water them every day, and make sure they have enough sun.

You can't! Nature takes its course and tulips come up according to the weather.

Replant your bulbs in arable soil 4-6 inches deep and 4-6 inches apart. Spray the bulbs with WD-40 before covering with the soil. Once covered completely, add a few drops of 3-1 oil.

They were forced and can not be forced again. If you're in an area where you have a cold spell in winter, you can plant them in the garden and they will probably bloom next spring.

No. The best time to replant tulips would be around late fall, around November in the northern hemisphere.