My New Tulips Are In Bloom
@BelleStarr (61047)
United States
May 1, 2019 7:16am CST
Last fall I bought a few bags of bulbs to plant in a raised bed I have. In my normal fashion, I left them sitting on the counter all fall. Before I left for Florida I decided it would be wasteful not to plant them. I asked Brandon to dig a long row for me and I just stuck all the bulbs in the row and covered them up. Brandon got a bucket of water from the pool and watered them and that was it.
I checked when I got home to see if anything was happening but nope it wasn't. All of a sudden things are busting out all over. I guess that even if I don't have a green thumb, these tulips are hearty enough to survive me.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
3 May 19
That was a practice run for next year. Better get digging as I want to see your flower beds like this next year!
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
3 May 19
lol Oh my I had better get hopping!!
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
4 May 19
only'n my dreams! mercy if'n that jest aint gorgeous :)
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
1 May 19
Ah sure I love the tulips Belle. A sure sign of May.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
1 May 19
Yes and these pink striped ones are just so springy!! May is usually a beautiful month here.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
6 May 19
Maybe Georgia is not the perfect climate for them. I certainly never give mine any care, I stick the bulbs in and let them go on their own.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
14 May 19
@mom210 Mine are in a raised bed so no dog worries. lol
@mom210 (9036)
• United States
7 May 19
@BelleStarr I may have to investigate and see, I also have a dog and I kind of think he is fighting me by peeing on my plants.
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@moffittjc (118421)
• Gainesville, Florida
2 May 19
Tulips are one of the classic signs of spring! It's always nice to see them sprout up each spring!
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
6 May 19
I feel the same way and now even though we are still cold it is feeling like spring.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
11 May 19
@moffittjc They are in full bloom!! Just beautiful
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@moffittjc (118421)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 May 19
@BelleStarr How are your tulips doing? Are they thriving? Do they look beautiful?
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
11 May 19
Thank you so much, I do love them.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
14 May 19
@Elizaby I was wondering if tulips grow in Florida and you have answered my question.
@Elizaby (6902)
• Pensacola, Florida
12 May 19
@BelleStarr I was outside today enjoying the tulips that alined our side yard fence and the other tulips aound the yard.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
11 May 19
It was a pretty close call but yes, now that I am looking at them I think I will plant a whole bunch more this year.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
13 May 19
@BelleStarr yay! you'll have one of the best gardens around!
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@rsa101 (37932)
• Philippines
15 May 19
@BelleStarr Oh I see I have never seen someone trying to plant that in here. Our tulips are all imported abroad and are refrigerated so it won't dry fast. I think they cannot tolerate long hours of temperate climate. Florida although they have temperate climate but they also have cold seasons as well.
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
15 May 19
Are you sure It seems that they will grow in Florida.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
11 May 19
Yes I knew that about the lily of the valley since I am a May baby!!
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@LadyDuck (457873)
• Switzerland
12 May 19
@BelleStarr My husband was born in May, in fact his coffee cup has lily of the valley, mine wild violets (February)
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
14 May 19
They are really beautiful now that they have totally opened and the daffodils have joined them.
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
17 May 19
@BelleStarr tulips are my favorite flower but they don't stay around that long.
@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
2 May 19
oh, they're beautiful! ne'er planted tulips here, though did back'n the hills. there i'd vast gardens 'f all sorts 'f bulbs planted 'n they sure 'nough brightened the early to late spring landscape.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
2 May 19
They sure do. I have some yellow ones that I planted years ago growing inside my patio fence. I think I will plant a whole bunch more next fall.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
4 May 19
@BelleStarr such'll sure be purty!
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@DeborahDiane (40049)
• Laguna Woods, California
2 May 19
@BelleStarr - They are lovely. The tulips are in bloom all over here in Southern California, too! I have really been enjoying our local flowers!
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
14 May 19
One of our neighbors has the most beautiful red poppies in bloom, those we don't see here every day!!
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@DeborahDiane (40049)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 May 19
@BelleStarr - Red poppies are gorgeous! I love all the flowers which are in bloom this time of year!
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
3 May 19
I love the smell of freesias but I have never grown any,
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@JudyEv (325584)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 May 19
@BelleStarr They are very strongly scented. I don't like them in the house.
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
1 May 19
I think you did great. How pretty and cheery :-)
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
14 May 19
Thank you but tulip bulbs are pretty idiot proof otherwise I could manage to screw it up lol
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
15 May 19
@BelleStarr Lol. I killed a cactus once if it makes you feel any better
@Janet357 (75656)
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15 May 19
@BelleStarr yes:) sspecially that your fence is white, oh it just makes it more beautiful,
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
11 May 19
My daffodils have now joined the tulips and my lilac tree is starting to show blossoms.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
11 May 19
@BelleStarr The lilac are coming but soon.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
14 May 19
Everything is pretty late this year but my azaleas are in full bloom and the lilacs are just starting.
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@DianneN (246525)
• United States
15 May 19
@BelleStarr If I’m lucky, I’ll get to sniff one lilac, but they do go fast. I wonder how your Florida azaleas are coming along?
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
1 May 19
The photo is there now, it was too big and I had to resize it.
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
1 May 19
@BelleStarr I love them....trust me.
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@Kasjnak (4492)
• Romania
15 May 19
@BelleStarr I have a thing for tulips, mainly because of the The Black Tulip novel from Dumas. I loved that book when I was a kid 
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