I had a hard time growing tulips in my spring bulbs flower bed. Something kept eating the tulip bulbs. A few sickly-looking flowers survived the winter, but the rest disappeared. The tulips that once bloomed across the front of the house were definitely showing signs of age and struggling to produce flowers. Something had to be done.
Last fall I bought about 80 tulip bulbs to start over. First, I bought some plastic boxes with lids to plant tulips in the spring bulbs bed. The boxes are supposed to keep rodents out but have holes big enough to let a stem come up. We filled two of these boxes with bulbs and buried them in the bed.
The rest of the bulbs were planted in a long row in front of the house. There was nothing more to do but wait and wonder all winter if our efforts would be successful. Spring is here and we have tulips! They are marching in formation across the front of the house.
The red and white tulips steal the show of the bulbs that were planted in the baskets.
