I recently planted 250 tulip bulbs as annuals for my cutting garden (Thanks to flowerbulb.eu for sponsoring these blooms. 💐💕)

While many people hope tulips will return year after year, most varieties are best as annuals.

It’s a delightful cycle: plant whatever tulips spark joy for you, cut them in the spring to bring indoors, and then choose new bulbs the next fall. This way, you can focus on the fresh, abundant bouquets each season. 😊

Tip - save this post for spring so when you’re ready to harvest your tulips!

🌷It’s time to cut once your tulips have opened slightly and some colour is showing on the outside
💐For the longest vase life, cut them just before they bloom, so they bloom in the vase
💚Harvest in the morning when it’s not too hot out and the tulips are the most hydrated
🌷Pull the entire plant out of the ground, including the bulb. This gives you a longer stem.
💐Help stems from curving by wrapping them in paper and leaving them in a vase the night before you arrange them. When you remove the paper, they’ll stand straighter.
💚If you’re not planning on putting them in a vase immediately, store them dry in a cooler for up to two weeks.

You can get my cutting garden growing tips on Garden Therapy: gardentherapy.ca/cutting-tulips/


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