Tulips

[Francy]

Tulips don't last all summer, so what are some good perennials to plant along with them so we have flowers all summer?

 

[claudine]

There are plenty of possibilities. Personally, I love roses the most. If you take a good care of them, they bloom often, and they always look gorgeous.
As for tulips, it makes me really sad that they don't last all summer They're so pretty! I already miss them.

 

[Kansas Terri]

I like geraniums myself. As long as you clip the old blooms off they will bloom all summer.

I like the smell of the foliage as well: it smells just like where I grew up. Unfortunately they are a TENDER perennial, and so where I live they will die during the winter. Zone 5 is too cold for them!

 

[firelily99]

How much space do you have and do you want annuals or perennials? Do you want just one kind of plants or do you want to plant a pretty garden? How much experience do you have with gardening?

 

[LouisFerdinand]

Dianthus come in different colors.

 

[Marck]

Tulips don't last all summer, so what are some good perennials to plant along with them so we have flowers all summer?

If you want summer-flowering plants to grow in the same bed, over dormant Spring-flowering bulbs, plant various low-growing summer annuals, such as French Marigolds (Tagetes erecta, Patula forms), Petunia cultivars, Callibrachoa hybrids, trailing forms of Verbena, or Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus cvs.). Of course, these are just a few of many possible choices.

 

[LouisFerdinand]

How to plant Annuals around tulips

 

[Kansas Terri]

I have daylillys planted with my tulips and daffodils. The bulbs grow first, and I am thinking that as the bulbs die back the daylillys will take over and bloom