I just did that to half my gladiolas! But then I read that it's better to leave the foliage, so I have half and half. Do your moms friends tulips come back every year without a problem? I know gladiolas and tulips aren't the same but I'm just curious.

she has a pond, quite large one :) just by the gazebo, the perfect place for a japanese inspired garden ;)

i think she already did a video about that. I'm sure you can find it if you look through her videos.

Thanks, I'll look for it! I feel silly for not thinking about checking before asking for it.

the right time to prune them,is early spring, usually in march/april, before they start sprouting.. I prune mine right after blooming, and then again in the spring, then the rosebushes grows compact and dence, and flowers wonderfull every year :) . Note that some say you can prune roses in the winter, but my experience is that this gives my roses frost damage on the stalks, and its not always pretty,.

Thor Kipperberg it all depends where you live. here in Colorado we wait until we see new growth before pruning, and then we usually prune early to mid April depending on the weather. 😀

You can definitely plant annuals.

thats always a good idea, and yes bulbs tends to sink deeper in to the ground , and sometimes they go so deep that they wont be able to come up to the ground,. dig them up after they have stopped flovering and the leaves have died back, seperate smaller bulbs and store them in a dry cool place until the fall, september to december and give the bulbs space to grow,. and you will have a good flovering of your bulbs in years to come. If you look at how they grow bulbs in netherlands , this is how they do it, and it works pretty well Ill say ;)

Camelia Cristofaro no worries,you can dig them up,devide the clump ,even with green folige,whats smart though is to fertilize them well after replanting

Thor Kipperberg thank you so much!

Chiara Scerrato There's no need to dig them up. They will go dormant, get stronger and will bloom next year

in colder areas you can leave them in, but the best way is to dig them out, and divide the small bulbs from the mother bulb, and store all of them in a dry cold space until fall, and then they can go back outside again. for a new season.

Thor Kipperberg thank you for the response!

youre welcome :)

I planted mine last year, I didn't water my container (24" round, 20" deep), since late october until early March (but I did allowed some snow to cover it like 5 times and melt), my neighbors whose tulips are in ground are covered by snow all winter. My winter temperature is 30F. Now, I know the deeper your container is, the best chances they get of coming back year after year. I shall see that next year.

Ok great advice! We don't have snow, but I'll switch their containers to a deeper one.

Laura Barham yes, both are basically the same in terms of caring, deadhead but leave the foliage to photosynthesize and store up lots of energy to produce next year's blooms

yes :) dig them up, devide the new bulbs from the mother bulbs, and give them a cold dry storage either in the refriderator in a paper bag/box etc, or in a cold room that has tempertures around 4-10 C, then when the fall comes, give them a new wide space to grow in,. there is many tricks to get daffodils to grow and reflower, and in many cases they needs to be devided and planted other places, as they produce a lot of new bulbs that takes out energy and space for the original bulbs you planted to flower,. so dig them up and see what you find ,.

When they yellow and die back, dig them up. Twist of the baby bulbs and roots to get the most out of the big ones next season. Keep them in a box with some straw or sawdust in your garage or shed. In the fall, before the ground freezes you plant them as you would nee bulbs. The baby bulbs will likely not flower but you can still plant them, they will get bigger and flower the year after

right after they have dried out the leaves,. then you can dig them out, and store the bulbs in a dry and cool place,. until fall, seperate the smallerbulbs from the mother bulb or they will take energy from the motherbulb, and you wont get as good flowering from these. The smallerbulbs you can plant out with the other bulbs in september-october,or until the frost wont let you dig in the ground anymore. I plant bulbs until mid december as long as its not frost,. you can also fertilize the soil in the area you plant your bulbs , either mix in slowrelease fertilizer or use a cowcompost soil mix , and work it in the soil where you plant, this helps the bulbs to really get more energy as they once start to grow roots and in the spring they have more food to grow in,.

Thor Kipperberg thx so much for ur help!!

Do we have to store them in compost, or in a simple empty box

Thor Kipperberg Any tips on protecting them from squirrels digging up the bulbs?

Monique Gebeline that's my problem too! Last year I had a lot of tulips in my front island and this year they are not even half of the bloom, I believe the squirrels dug them ☹️ so I am thinking of digging the bulbs to save them .

same prosess,. dig them out, rinse of soil, and let them rest in a cold dry place,. plant them back outside or in a container, in the fall,.

I do! I like to get my annuals in the ground about the same time I go in to clean the yellowed/dying foliage from my bulbs so that I know exactly where they are and don't accidentally hit them with my trowel.

there is quite a few plants that might work for you,. what about clematis, they come in a variety of colors, calystegia pleno, is another climbing vine that has beautiful filled pink flowers that climbs, Silver Lace Vine, is another, what it lacks in color it takes back with white clusters of flovers, another i can come up with is lonicera vines(honeysuckles), beautiful,flovers in pink, orange, yellow,white or red,and they smell wonderfull too. another great vine is wisterias, but they need a little care and pruning,and in most cases its a work in progress to get them mature enough to flower as the one you get from the stores are small in size and they are not really the fastest growers,. another vines that could work for you is Kiwi vines, yes the store bought fruit one, they grov tremendously fast, have great foliage and tasty fruits as a bonus ;),then you have vines with just foliage, like english ivys, and Virginia Creepers, humulus vines, and passiflora vines if you have them in containers and take them inside for the winter,.

Thor Kipperberg wow, thank you so much! I will do some research on all of these :)

WIsteria can be invasive so you might run for the hills with that one! ;)

Alex41 they won't require as much water but yes, it is best to water them and keep the foliage alive for as long as possible to store as much energy in the bulb as they can

yes. but they will need a cold spell,. so a trip in the refridgerator or cold storage room wont hurt,. (4-10 Celcius) for a coupple of months, this helps the bulbs to go dormant, othervice they will just dry out,. its also very smart to rinse of soil and devide of new bulbs that have formed, before storage :)

Thor Kipperberg. Thank you so much Thor! I will do just that!

Brenda Melendez u can actually keep the bulbs in the refrigerator after planting in the pot for atleast 3mnths. take it out in the beginning of spring.

Sima Rajbanshi did you mean before planting?

no dear. they say tulips needs a 'chill period' which means it needs to feel really really cold (not freezing) temp during winters to be Abel to grow it's roots . so at the end of autumn u can plant it in a appropriate container. follow all the common bulb plant instructions and pop it into refrigerator after winter passes and spring comes bring it out keep in a South facing window for a week then u can place it outside.

Sima Rajbanshi thank you, not many people have room in their refrigerator for pots though 😊

I know that's the reason I can't grow them I live in tropical zone.😭

+CC CC I do subscribe to Allyn! He's a funny guy! I was thinking of maybe having him do a lawn care video for our channel sometime. That's a garden topic we haven't covered much! 😀