Can i replant tulips

I'm afraid your potted tulip is a goner. These days, most tulips are bred as annuals, the producers having sacrificed the original perennial nature of the bulb in exchange for bigger and better flowers. Even the ones meant for planting outside are generally good only for a year or two before the bulb peters out. When your tulip is done flowering, your only recourse is to toss it. For readers with more space, there are other spring-flowering bulbs that are much hardier.

Fill the vase with water until it comes just 1 inch from the bottom of the bulb. Then move the bulb and vase to a cool dark location for 4 to 6 weeks. You should change the water often, about once a week, and keep an eye out for sprouting. Once the bulbs begin sprouting, you can bring them into the open again and begin caring for them the same way you did the first time they bloomed. If you find success regrowing your Bloomaker bulbs, we love to see photos of our bulbs reblooming! Be sure to tag your photos on our social media pages Instagram and Facebook!

If you try this, make it for the sake of experimenting. Other types of bulbs have a better track record when transplanted from pots to the garden. These include daffodils, crocus and grape hyacinths. The treatment is the same as for tulips, but with a better chance of success.

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Although you may have to wait an extra year for the bulbs to bloom, you will at least get to enjoy them in your garden from that year forward. Watch your potted tulips carefully. Stop watering the plant once the foliage begins to turn brown, and wait for the foliage to die back completely.

During this process, the foliage transfers nutrients to the bulb, where it will be stored until the following spring. Remove the dead foliage from the pot.