{"id":103886,"date":"2024-04-14T17:40:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T21:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=103886"},"modified":"2024-04-14T17:40:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T21:40:52","slug":"my-own-private-tulipomania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=103886","title":{"rendered":"my own private tulipomania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n\"IMG_8957\"<\/a>\n<\/div>
crazy town, right?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There’s a lot of the traditional horticultural canon that can be grown well here at the moist Oregon Coast in zone 8b\/9a that I’m skipping so far– hellebores, roses, rhododendrons, hydrangeas, hostas, maples, Oriental poppies, peonies, clematis to name a few. So you could say I’m not a true traditionalist. And yet I fall hard for tulips, one of the most common spring bulbs, culprits in the most garish displays, hawked from the cheapest wholesalers. Why is that? (Doesn’t everybody interrogate their garden choices?) I even grew a few pots of tulips in zone 10, when the bulbs had to be refrigerated before potting and then kept diligently watered if the winter was dry. Here in wet zone 8bish the bulbs are potted up in fall and placed out in the rain. Done. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\"IMG_8931\"<\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So out of all the worthy genera in the horticultural hall of fame, I fall for tulips. Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\"IMG_8946\"<\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What I Like About Tulips<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n