Taking Care of Tulips

Tulips, whether in the florist shops or in your garden, are a sure sign of spring and while I was buying a bunch from my favorite florist this week she let me in on a trade secret.

If you buy tulips with sagging heads and want them to stand straight in the vase, simply make a one-inch score on the stems just above where the leaves join and the flowers will soon straighten.

Don't forget to clip an inch off of the bottom of the stems once they're ready to go into fresh water. This will allow them to absorb water more easily, staying fresh longer.

Using my custom search engine I found some other posts about tulips:

Dead heading flowering bulbs: All About Bulbs
Watercolor tulips: Little Woolgatherings
Photographs of tulips: Calendula and Concrete
A review of the book Tulipmania: Heavy Petal
Travel in the land of tulips, the Netherlands: Blogpourri
Making origami tulips: Origami instructions.com
Tulip quilt patterns: Buzzville
A tulip bag: Bake Sale Designs
Planting and transplanting tulip bulbs: Garden Tips n' Ideas

And some bonuses:
A tulip cake pan: Sur La Table
A tulip paper hat: FamilyFun.com
A copper tulip rain chain: Zen gifts
A tulip bouquet cake: Kraft.com

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