Spring flowers tend to bring smiles. In cooler climates, where winter keeps the ground cool for three or four months, tulips bring cheer.
Easy care? Plant deep after the first frost, enjoy winter activities, and watch for the leaves to poke up in early spring. The bloom stems will follow. If you select your variety with care, they will return for several years — but with smaller blooms.
Not much room to garden? Tulips will fare well in containers. Consult garden experts in your area to learn if containers may remain outside or need to be taken into cool shelter.
Tulips would have been a familiar flower to the Deutsch immigrants in the mid-19th century. I can easily imagine a few clumps of spring color near the front step of either a farmhouse or a residence in town.
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