Bulbs: What do you plant when the tulips are done?, 1 by LeawoodGardener

LeawoodGardener wrote:
I have small clusters of tulips planted among my perennials and do not disturb them. Whatever comes back is enjoyed the following spring.

I also plant two large beds of tulips and I don't want to leave the areas empty all summer, so I plant annuals. One year I tried leaving the tulips and planting the annuals after the tulip foliage died. The following spring, only a few of the tulips came back (it was a Darwin variety that is supposed to naturalize). A helpful DGer told me watering the annuals probably caused the tulips to rot in the ground, so I remove them each June.

Ooops. Photo error on my part.

This message was edited Jun 5, 2011 7:16 AM