The guys have been working on seeding winter wheat lately. Which is making me feel like planting something of my own, I guess. In an attempt to beautify our yard, I purchased some beautiful pink tulip bulbs recently. I have plans to *hopefully* plant them this weekend and am thinking about sunny locations on the west side of the garage and the house. We'll see how far my bulbs stretch.
Are any of my readers gardeners? Do you have any advice about growing conditions or specifications for tulips? Specifically, growing tulips (or anything else, for that matter) in Zone 3 Montana?
I have been comparing notes between the packaging the tulips are housed in and the brief lines about tulips in my copy of The Montana Gardener's Companion, which is somewhat useful, but also feels a bit like I'm reading the Cliff's Notes version.
I purchased three varieties: Margarita, Carnival de Rio, and Hope Blooms. They are each pink varietals. Carnival de Rio and Hope Blooms have variegated coloring, and Margarita is a beautiful fuschia double blossom that looks rather like a peony. A portion of proceeds from purchase of these bulbs went to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, breast cancer research.
I am hoping to plant them this weekend, before we get too hard a frost. Wish me luck!
I imagine it a risk up there on the tundra, planting a soil that won't freeze solid ? Solar powered ground warmer ? keeping the bulbs in the barn over the winter ?
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My (limited) research suggests that planting the bulbs a little deeper should help them get through the winter. If a measly winter wheat seed can survive, shouldn't a tulip bulb be able to make it? our winters can be very cold, but we don't get much moisture, so the frozen ground may not be as bad. at least, that's what I'm telling myself!
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