Tips for Growing Tulips in Warm Climates
As gardeners we often worry about how cold it can get before our plants start to suffer, but there are many species out there that are just as sensitive to weather that is too warm. Tulips are one such plant.
If it doesn’t get cool enough for long enough in your area, your tulips won’t bloom.
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Ready to throw up your hands in defeat and give up your dreams of a field full of tulips?
It’s actually possible to trick your plants into thinking that they’re living in the sort of climate they prefer if your neck of the woods is too warm.
If you live in a warm climate and your tulips have struggled or even failed, this guide aims to set you back on the path toward success.
Coming up, here’s what we’ll discuss:
Anyone in USDA Hardiness Zones 8 to 10 will definitely have to chill their tulips.
You might even need to chill them in Zone 7, depending on where you plant them.
For example, if you plant your tulips next to a brick or cement wall, the reflected heat will be too much for the plants, and they’ll require chilling to rebloom.
How Cold Should Temperatures Be?When winter rolls around and most plants go dormant, tulip bulbs are busy prepping for the coming year. The bulbs go dormant early, in the summer rather than the winter.
During the cold period of wintertime weather, the bulbs start to convert the starches and other carbohydrates that they collected and stored during the growing season into sugar in the form of glucose.
Not only does this glucose protect the bulb from freezing, but it supplies the nutrients the bulb needs to send out roots, flowers, and leaves in the
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