Tulips 2012

[mark smyth]

My T. turkestanica aff. flowered and finished before I noticed.

Today after work I noticed my T. kauf. Sunrise was up and wide open. I must have come up while I was away.

Many others have buds between their leaves.

[Armin]

My early T. saxatilis and other mini tulips suffered badly from recent bare frost period (-17°C low, no snow cover).
Foliage is soft, dark green colored and lying flat

[PeterT]

My early T. saxatilis and other mini tulips suffered badly from recent bare frost period (-17°C low, no snow cover).
Foliage is soft, dark green colored and lying flat

You were unlucky Armin, last year many pots of tulips froze with me at this sort of temperature. I dont think I lost any, (saxatilis is ok).
They grew very weakly though and some did not manage to flower.

[mark smyth]

Today T. bifloriformis is open

Sunrise

[Armin]

My early T. saxatilis and other mini tulips suffered badly from recent bare frost period (-17°C low, no snow cover).
Foliage is soft, dark green colored and lying flat

You were unlucky Armin, last year many pots of tulips froze with me at this sort of temperature. I dont think I lost any, (saxatilis is ok).
They grew very weakly though and some did not manage to flower.

Peter,
sadly the same did already happen a winter before. Many bulbs will survive but their foilage will look ugly and sick again.
Without an evidence I feel the cause is that the 'cold' winter months shifted within the last decade from eof Dec. to mof Feb.
Nov/Dec/Jan are general too warm and cause too early growth.

Mark,
nice good looking Sunrise!

[mark smyth]

Today two more Tulips are showing colour in their flowers. T. Zampa and T. clusiana Lady Jane

[mark smyth]

Another Tulip has colour - Ugam.

[mark smyth]

T. Sunrise dropped its flowers today, clusiana Lady Jane is showing colour, Zampa is in full colour and Ugam is basking in the warmth

[mark smyth]

in a wee voice - T. cretica, T. celsiana and a lone Gavota are open

T. greigii Zampa

[johnw]

No sign of my old T. sprengeri seedlings emerging. They sprouted last spring and in the autumn I repotted them and they were healthy enough. Today I turned the pot and could see the tiny bulbs on the outer edges of the mix - half the size of a pea or smaller, with extremely thin shoots struggling upwards. The bulbs are about 3cm from the bottom of a 13cm deep pot.  Did I plant them deep or have they pulled themselves down/  I don't know if they are strong enough to make it all the way to the surface. Leave them alone or carefully dig and replant?

johnw

[PeterT]

Sprengeri is always late

[Boyed]

John,

You needn't worry. Everything is O.K. Your seedlins sooner or later will get over the soil surface.
As to the depth, I would say that they are even planted shallower. But this is again not a serious problem, as the seedlings usually pull themselves down to an optimum depth. This happens with many species and even cv-s. But as I see your potis not deep enough.

[PeterT]

Yes T sprengeri likes to  go down 30 + cm (12 inches) in my experiance

[johnw]

Thanks-you all. I will sit it out and see what happens in a month or so.

johnw

[mark smyth]

All my Tulipa kauf. cultivars are now in full colour. 4 weeks earlier than last year.