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Sat, Sep 5, 09 at 17:16
| I just purchased many wild tulip bulbs. I am reading they do best naturalized and are about the size of crocus. Can they be naturalized into a lawn? I would want to make sure that the greeery part would be done by the time to spring mow comes around.
http://www.americanmeadows.com/FallFlowerBulbs/TulipFlowerbulbs/NewWil dflowerTulipMixture.aspx I did not purchase them from the link above, but it gives a good write up. |
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| I put mine in my sloped perennial/rock garden inbetween or among later blooming flowers. That way I don't have to worry about leaving grass uncut for bulbs to ripen or the small tulips not showing above the grass. Many of the so-called wild or species tulips are fairly small with short stems, so are easily "lost" in the grass. |
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- Posted by diggingthedirt CapeCod Z7? (My Page) on Sun, Sep 6, 09 at 16:30
| I've also used them in woodland gardens - mixed beds that are partly shady. They're more likely to perennialize than "regular" tulips, but I still find that they don't actually naturalize, which to me means "spread." They're short-lived bulbs in my garden, but that may be because I haven't treated them especially well. I believe that, like other tulips, they like to be quite dry in summer. That's OK if you don't water your lawn. I do think that to get a good show from them, you'd want to put them somewhere where you can provide exactly what makes them happy. |
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- Posted by evonnestoryteller 5-6 (My Page) on Tue, Sep 8, 09 at 21:30
| Thanks for the responses. I have to think about where to plant them. I may try a few here and there to see where they do best. |
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