Tulip Care:
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Remove Foliage from the part of the stems that will be under water in your vase.
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Cut off any white portion of the stem to allow better fluid intake. To prevent the intake of air into the stems, give them a fresh cut under water. Place immediately in a vase filled with water and fresh flower nutrients (preservative).
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Recut 1 inch from the flower stems every 4-5 days to maintain water uptake. Do not place in the same container as daffodils that have been recut. The sap from the daffodils can kill the tulips.
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Check the water in the vase frequently.
Special Note: To straighten bent tulips, wrap the stems tightly in damp newspaper, secure with an elastic band, and stand in deep, lukewarm water with light directly above them. Leave for a couple of hours.
More About Tulips:
Tulips don't know when to stop! Tulips keep growing in the vase gaining an inch in height or more. And they bend. They twist and turn, leaning this way or that, toward sources of light. The tulip is bent to please! When they bend, enjoy it! This spontaneous nature of tulips is so pleasing to floral designs. Every day, tulips have a different look. Tulips offer that rare combination of perfect shape, unlimited colors, and absolutely easy arranging and they're the ultimate seasonal statement. It's hard to look at one and not think spring. Spring is the peak season for cut tulips. At no other time are they so plentiful, in so many styles and colors, and reasonably- priced.
Color is the tulip's strong suit. You can create a wild riot of color or try more subtle single color combos such as purple with lavender, light yellow with deeper yellow. Flamed or multi-colored tulips look great mixed with solid color tulips in coordinated shades. Tulips combine well with other flowers, they are particularly suited to pairings with the early spring "branches" such as forsythia, pussy willows, and corkscrew willow, that are found in the flower market in late winter and spring.
Myths and Tips:
There are many home remedies for keeping cut tulips fresh longer in the vase. Adding pennies or aspirin, bleach or a dilution of 7-UP are some of the myths.
Actually, tulips thrive on just plain clean water. These home remedies provide some "quick fix" benefits, but tulips don't need any help at all for long life in the vase.They are self-sufficient. Just add clean water, that's all. Old wives' tales keep circulating because people try them, see immediate results and believe them to be true. What they are seeing is a surge of energy in the flower, but often get shortened lifespan for the tulips.
Instead, be sure to keep the vase clean, the water fresh and recut the stem ends every day or two.
To a cut tulip, the secret to long life is fresh water and lots of it!
Fun Tulip Facts and Information
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The seemingly whimsical bending of tulips is caused by the continuing stem growth and the pull of light and gravity on the flower head.
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Tulips look at home in any type of container: from a crystal vase to a tin can. Tulips enhance the mood of its surroundings, whether casual or elegant.
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Tulips come in more colors than any other flower (except their flower cousin, the dahlia!).
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