This tulip bears gold - yellowed blossom with red feathered edge and greenish bronze base . The leaf are mark deep blueish burgundy . A member of the Greigii Group it grows 6 to 8 inches . The tulip has been the favored leap bulb for century . Thriving where summers are dry and winters are cold , this light bulb is treated as an yearly where summers are hot and retentive . A genus with around 100 mintage , tulip are divided into 15 distinguishing division . advantageously plant in large drifts , tulips can be used in John Rock garden , container , overplantings above perennials , forced indoors , and used as a cut peak . Make your selections according to what zone you live in . Largest selection are available for zone 4 to 6 , fewer for 7 to 8 and bulb grow as annual in zones 9 to 10 must be pre - cooled at 40 to 45 degree , 8 to 10 week prior to planting . Plant in fertile , well - drained , neutral to slightly acidic soil where they will receive full or at least good afternoon sun . In zona 7 - 10 , plant in suspicious spots or where only morning sun is pick up . works between 4 and 8 inches deep as presently as early fall in zones 4 to 8 or late winter in zone 9 and 10 . If you live in an expanse where your tulips will be perennial ( zone 4 to 6 and sometimes 7 ) , work bonemeal or medulla booster station into or around planting yap according to label directions . While growing , water periodically , fertilize with a limpid fertilizer every 4 week . Once efflorescence is complete , remove spend flowers and let foliage to yellow and wither for 6 weeks prior to murder it . Greigii and Kaufmanniana Group tulips may persist in the earth for several years , where other groups may be take away annually and store in a warm , dry post . Replant the largest bulbs the following twelvemonth , allowing smaller medulla to grow out in nurse bed .
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Plant Care
Fertilizing
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Watering
If the job is only on the surface , it perhaps diverted to a drain ditch . If drain is short where water table is high , install an underground drain system . You should reach a contractile organ for this . If underground drain already exist , see to see if they are blocked .
French drains are another option . French drainage are ditches that have been filled with gravel . It is ok to plant bugger on top of them . More obtrusive , but a good solution where looks are n’t as of import , consider of the French drain as a ditch filled with gravel . Ditches should be 3 to 4 foot deep and have slosh side .
A soakway is a gravel filled Hell where water is disport to via underground tobacco pipe . This work well on sites that have compacted territory . Your soakway should be about 6’wide and deep and filled with crushed rock or demolish stone , topped with sand and sodded or seeded .
Keep in mind that it is illegal to divert water onto other people ’s property . If you do not feel that you may implement a workable solution on your own , call a contractor . Conditions : Normal Watering for Outdoor PlantsNormal wateringmeans that soil should be kept evenly moist and water on a regular basis , as conditions require . Most plant like 1 column inch of water a week during the uprise season , but take care not to over piss . The first two year after a industrial plant is installed , regular lacrimation is crucial for brass . The first twelvemonth is critical . It is better to water once a calendar week and water deep , than to water frequently for a few minutes .
Planting
A week to 10 days before planting , add 2 to 4 column inch of senior manure or compost and work into the planting situation to improve birth rate and increase piddle retention and drain . If soil composition is unaccented , a layer of topsoil should be considered as well . No matter if your soil is sand or the Great Compromiser , it can be improved by adding the same matter : organic matter . The more , the better ; do work late into the ground . devise layer to an 18 inch cryptic for perennials . This will seem like a frightful amount of work now , but will greatly yield off later . Besides , this is not something that is easily done after , once flora have been established . How - to : Planting BulbsPlant bulbsat a depth that is three times their height , and at least 1 - 1/2 bulb - breadth apart . Work a little ivory meal fertilizer into the bottom of your hole , and then place the electric-light bulb upright in the hole . The more pointed end is almost always the top . If you have bother telling which is the top , wait for grounds of where a stem or tooth root were last year . If in doubt , plant them sideways . Fill in with soil softly , verify there are no rocks or clump that would jam the bulb ’s stem . When planting a great number of bulbs , dig out an area to the specified depth , place bulbs and interchange dirt . This ensure that ground has been properly prepared and lightbulb are evenly spaced .
Plant bulbs in rude drifts rather that formal row : light bulb can fail or be eaten , leaving hole in a formal arrangement , or will reposition with freezing and thawing . If you have trouble with gophers or squirrels eating your bulbs , try out sprinkling carmine pepper in the kettle of fish , address the bulbs with chicken - wire , beleaguer bulbs with incisive shards of gravel or other means , or constitute gnawer - rebuff bulbs likeFritillarianearby . How - to : fix ContainersContainersare excellent when used as an cosmetic feature , a planting option when there is little or no land to plant in , or for works that ask a grime eccentric not found in the garden or when territory drainage in the garden is inferior . If growing more than one plant in a container , check that that all have similar ethnical requisite . Choose a container that is thick and large enough to grant radical development and growth as well as proportional equipoise between the fully formulate plant and the container . establish large container in the place you intend them to remain . All container should have drain hole . A mesh screen , broken clay raft pieces(crock ) or a paper coffee filter placed over the golf hole will keep soil from washing out . The potting soil you select should be an appropriate mix for the plants you have chosen . Quality soils ( or dirt - less medias ) absorb wet promptly and evenly when wet . If weewee go off soil upon initial wetting , this is an index number that your soil may not be as good as you think .
Prior to filling a container with territory , wet potting territory in the dish or place in a tub or lawn cart so that it is evenly moist . fulfil container about midway full or to a level that will allow plants , when set , to be just below the lip of the wad . Rootballs should be level with soil strain when project is complete . weewee well .
Problems
Rhizoctoniais a fungus that is found in most soils and enters the works through the ancestor or the stem at land level . bar and Control : First of all , do not overwater and if you suspect Rhizoctonia may be your job , minify lacrimation . If a plant is too far gone ( all the leaves from the bottom up are wilted ) , get rid of it . If your plant is in a container , throw out the ground too . wash off the pot with a 1 part bleach to 9 part water supply solution . Fungicides can be used , harmonise to label direction . Consult a master for a effectual recommendation of what antifungal to utilise . Pest : type slug and SnailsSlugs and snailsfavor moist climates and are mollusks , not insects . They can be voracious feeders , eat just about anything that is not woody or highly perfumed . They may eat up jam in farewell , strip total stems , or completely devour seedlings and tender transplants , leaving behind tell - tale silvery , slimy track .
bar and control : Keep your garden as fair as potential , eliminating hiding places such as folio junk , over - turned skunk , and tarp . Groundcover in suspicious places and clayey mulches provide auspices from the elements and can be favorite concealing billet . In the natural spring , patrol for and destruct eggs ( clusters of small translucent heavens ) and adults during nightfall and dawn . Set out beer traps from tardy spring through dusk .
Many chemical substance control are uncommitted on the market , but can be poisonous and lethal for shaver and deary ; take precaution when using them - always translate the label first!Pest : AphidsAphids are small , delicate - bodied , behind - run insect that suck fluids from plants . Aphidscome in many color , drift from green to brownness to black , and they may have wings . They set on a wide range of plant mintage stimulate stunt flying , wring leaves and bud . They can transmit harmful plant viruses with their piercing / sucking mouthparts . Aphids , generally , are only a pain , since it have many of them to stimulate serious plant damage . However aphids do produce a sugared content called honeydew ( covet by ants ) which can extend to an unattractive pitch-black aerofoil outgrowth call pitchy mold .
Aphids can increase apace in numbers and each female can produce up to 250 live nymphs in the course of a calendar month without mating . Aphids often appear when the environment changes - bound & decline . They ’re often mass at the tips of branches feeding on lush tissue paper . Aphids are attracted to the color yellowness and will often hitchhike on sensationalistic clothing .
Prevention and Control : Keep Mary Jane to an absolute lower limit , especially around desirable plants . On comestible , wash off infected sphere of plant . Lady hemipteran and lacewings will feed on aphids in the garden . There are various products - constitutive and inorganic - that can be used to hold in aphids . attempt the recommendation of a professional and follow all label procedures to a tee .
Miscellaneous
For best event , always cut flowers early on in the morning , rather before dew has had a chance to dry . Always make cuts with a sharp knife or pruners and plunge flowers or foliage into a bucket of water supply . Store in a nerveless space until you are quick to work with them , this will keep flowers from give . Always re - cut stems and change water frequently . Washing vases or containers to rid of existing bacteria helps increase their liveliness , as well . gloss : BulbsAbulbis a modified , underground stem . Glossary : pHpH , means the potential of Hydrogen , is the measure of alkalinity or acidity . In horticulture , pH touch to the pH of ground . The graduated table measuring stick from 0 , most acid , to 14 , most alkaline . Seven is neutral . Most plants favor a range between 5.5 and about 6.7 , an acid range , but there are mickle of other plant that like soil more alkaline , or above 7 . A pH of 7 is where the plant can most easily absorb the most nutrients in the soil . Some plant prefer more or less of sure nutrients , and therefore do better at a sure pH.
