Tulip Tree Transplant
karij_luvplants
16 years ago
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Tulip Transplant
Comments (1)The mind boggles! (About the unusual planting site.) Be prepared to dig quite deeply as tulips often start forming the new bulb deeper down on the present root system. (They're more like Oxalis and Freesias in that they put down a 'dropper root' plus a fringe of feeder roots rather than the spread of roots you see with a daffodil. Odd things go on under the soil!) If you can dig up the clump with minimal disturbance, and can leave the tulips to finish off their growing season naturally, then they'll probably come back again. Just be sure that the place you move them to has good drainage and give them the usual '$50 hole for a $5 plant' treatment. (Big enough widthways and depthways to take the big scoop of earth plus tulips you'll be bringing across to plant.)...See MoreTransplanted tulip dying?
Comments (4)Watering anything outdoors has not been a requirement for western Washington this spring - we are more than double (in some cases triple) average year to date rainfall totals and have just completed the 4th straight month of record setting rainfall. I doubt it is likely these bulbs are lacking adequate hydration :-) Once the foliage starts going off color, root growth is pretty much halted for the season so watering becomes much less of an issue. I would not say it is critical with regards to the bulbs in question - that is exactly what spent tulips look like right now in this area. And you do want to be very sparse with water during the summer as well - tulips like it quite dry during dormancy. FWIW, I never water potted spring bulbs once they are done flowering - I just put the pots outdoors until the foliage has died off completely and they receive only what water Nature provides. Once the foliage is gone, I tuck them in the garden where I want them or sometimes wait until fall. If I wait, they get left in the pot virtually untouched....See MoreJumbo Tulip Trees vs Tulip Trees.
Comments (11)Err, Burgess DID list the scientific name. I have a big mea culpa here. Blame it on my inexperience. Hairmetal, it is indeed that tree, a 'pink magnolia.' I would NEVER have considered it to have been a magnolia. If you've ever been down here we have 'real' magnolias (Magnolia grandiflora) EVERYWHERE. It's Mississippi's state tree and is on their vehicle license plates, but it's just as common here (actually have no idea how common it is in Miss, presumably the same, at least the southern half of the state). So when this self-identified amateur thinks of magnolia, that and only that comes to mind. Everyone I know calls the pink magnolia a tulip tree. Granted, I am the one and only person interested in trees and gardening in my circle of acquaintances. I have even seen the proper tulip tree, and have never had cause to call it anything at all. It is DEFINITELY a tree I have no interest in planting. I have heard, though, that some butterflie's caterpillars use it as a host (food) plant. Do y'all know which butterflies, offhand? Thanks again! Jeremy...See MoreCOLLECTION: Japanese Lilac - Foxglove Tree - Tulip Tree
Comments (3)Million Thanks to D. Smith for sending me treasure of priceless seeds!!!!!!!! I canÂt find words to express my gratitude. Thanks again....See Moretreeguy123
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