Lorraine Keely Staff asked 16 years ago
Hi,
I am not sure if this is a problem – but here goes:
We planted a lot of tulips over the past two years in the garden and they are all fantastic specimens – even if we have to say so ourselves – especially after a trip to the Keukenoff Gardens in Amsterdam last year. These tulips are doing well.
BUT – several years ago we bought 100 each of red and yellow tulips in Lidl when they had them. Now – these specific tulips go in containers and are the only ones lifted every year. Last year a lot of them seemed to have crossed – i.e. red and yellow in some, and the other half was paranoid and burned some of them. Now the ones we have left are flowering – some of them are red, some are yellow, some are pink, yellow with a green back, and the colours do not seem to be as striking in others.
Is this clearly a case of tulip fire? Do we burn them all?
Or do tulips over time just fade anyway?