how would you give away 300+ cut tulips?
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Comments (12)Hello Lisa, You will actually find an explanation in the FAQ section to the bulbs forum. By species I mean botanical or wild tulips, which are supposed to perennialize or naturalize in the garden, and multiply rather than go extinct in one or two years. They are very small as compared to other tulips, only really visible in small scale gardens. The hybridized garden tulips, in turn, had the perennial streak bred out of them (I am quoting someone here but I do not know who - sorry) in favor of breeding large size and showy flowers. For most gardeners, those are annuals because no matter how much effort they put into getting them to return, only small percent returns AND blooms, if any. If you do a search, there are quite a few threads on this forum discussing these issues. One person - by the name Shrubs And Bulbs, located in the UK - says s/he has had large perennial tulips in the garden for years, owing to some unique conditions there. Perhaps a good person to ask for detailed advice. As far as I am concerned, I have had viridiflora tulips (Spring Green) returning faithfully for perhaps 10 years now, if not more. But they are a bit smaller in size and not as many as I had originally bought. Any other tulips that returned for me were/are so small that they simply could not be left in spots which I wanted to look presentable. What I do with them is I give them to my 8 year old niece, who has her own "tulip bed" on the side of the garden. We practice planting, weeding, watering, cutting flowers, deadheading etc. there. Those half-sized, leftover tulips of many different varieties are enough for her to play with and study. But, since I have never gone through the whole cycle of producing bulbs for the following year properly (e.g. I did not fertilize or watered after the blooming period, I did not lift the bulbs to replant them later in a freshly amended soil), I want to do so this year, just out of curiosity what my results will be. I will have to lift the bulbs anyway because I planted too many in a single bed I had ready last fall and they look a bit weird. My niece will get the small ones, and I will replant the big ones....See Moreextras - how do you give them away
Comments (21)I'm sorry that you are so far away from me. Swapping plants is a great way to get a larger variety. Senior Center, local gardening club, high school agriculture classes, 4-H, local library.... I would have thought Craigslist, but I had extra pecan trees and placed an ad. I got a dozen people who wanted one and then never showed up. 6 trees went to friends who garden and I have 34 pecan trees for myself. I'm putting a pecan in every empty space I can find. I am NOT throwing away pecan trees!!!! Oh, just thought. Maybe your local junior college offers gardening classes. Parks and Recreation offers classes and I think I've seen gardening classes offered. If you have a thrift store you like to support, maybe they would take them to try and sell them. Tons of plants and veggie starts get sold by the local stores, so somebody is growing veg. Do you have a local farmer's market?...See MoreHow to Give Away Daylillies?
Comments (5)If it is only going to be a day or two, trim the leaves (they will be easier to plant) and skip the water. They can rot in water especially if there are any cuts in the fans made while digging them. You can wrap the roots if you like. You can keep them in water quite awhile if you change it every other day or so to keep it fresh....See Moretell me about giving away iris for postage
Comments (6)I do postage for extra Iris a lot. this is what I require from the sender! I only use the Priority boxes, they get there faster and I know the exact postage for each size of box. 1- Postage--money order or cash no checks. 2- A return address label 3- A note reminding me what the postage is for. sometimes I have more than one offer going on and with the note I do not have to hunt up the posts to figure out what one is what. After I get the postage "THEN" I send off the box. I then let the sender know that I got there postage and there box is on its way to them. I cut them back roots and tops, clean out the dirt and let them dry for a few days. Hope this helps. Gayla...See Moregardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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