Tag Archives: tulips

Where can I buy tulips/bulbs in the GTA?

Hello, We would like to grow tulips in our front garden. I have tried all my local nurseries and none keep tulips. Do you know where I can buy tulips from? Appreciate your guidance.…

Tulip blight – Botrytis tulipae

Nearly all of my tulips got Botrytis tulipae this year.  I am cleaning up the area and won’t be planting tulips in the same location for a few years.  My question is whether or not it’s safe to plant other…

Mystery plant and mystery tulip muncher

The picture is of a plant with red, fleshy stalks and early blooming yellow flowers. I haven’t been able to identify it and thus know whether to eradicate it as there are a few in our Urban garden in Peterborough.…

Identification Assistance- STATS ONLY

Am hoping to get some assistance with identifying the following emerging growth in my flower bed. I don’t recall seeing it last year, although it is in the general location where large yellow tulips emerge year over year. Photo attached.…

Rabbits ate the tips of my tulip bulbs

I planted tulip bulbs in fall 2018. This spring I saw them start growing and have about 3″ of growth when rabbits or something chewed off all growth. The bulbs still grew about another 3″ and the rabbits chewed off…

Spring bulbs, Daffodils and Tulips

I’ve planted daffodils each year for the last 4 years. The first year, they look great; the second year, there are half as many and the third year they’re often gone altogether. I have even less luck with tulips, many…

Rhododendron

How can I prevent squirrels from eating the flower buds? And while I am at it, they are also eating the tulips just below the flower – is there anything (humane) I can do about this?…

Tulips

Hello! A friend just returned from Denmark and brought me a box of tulips. According to the vendor, the tulips should be planted by June 10. The box states “plant immediately within 4-6 weeks”. That takes us to the middle…