Bulbs: My Bed of Tulips, 1 by LeawoodGardener

LeawoodGardener wrote:
Thanks, Patti! That's a great article!

Unfortunately, it's too late to decapitate the tulips - those that had not already dropped their blossoms had them beat off by heavy rain last night. As much as I would like to leave the foliage to store energy in the bulbs, my garden is on a very visible corner and I know myself - I'm too concerned about the 'visual' of dying tulips to let them sit another three weeks... since it's muddy, nothing will happen this weekend (2.5" of rain in my 'offial' rain gauge - a straight-sided cocktail glass on the patio table). We'll see if I can make it to June 7 without ripping out the bulbs and planting something else!

Because it is so visible, I don't want to 'experiment' with leaving them in the bed. I'll take them up and plant them in this bed in the fall, and do a different variety on the corner.