Michigan Gardening: Tulips and other spring bulbs, 0 by Loon

Loon wrote:
One more thing to remember about bulb type flowers is that the green foliage needs to stay up after the flower is spent. Do not be tempted to cut down the leaves because that is how the bulb gets it's energy for next year's blooms. Wait until the foliage turns yellow and dries up. I never cut mine down. I just let them shrivel up on their own. My hundreds of daffodils are planted in among perennials that soon grow up around the dying foliage to camoflage it. Here is a pic of my daffs from last year. I haven't got out to take pics this year but they are even thicker and more beautiful this year in spite of the fact we had that late snow and cold temps.

Brenda