When To Give Up on Leaves Without Flowers

by Margaret
(Grand Rapids, MI)

Each year, while some bulbs in the same beds produce lovely blooms, I always have some clumps of leaves that simply do not bloom. Do I give them another year, or dig and get rid of the non-bloomers?


Doug says - well, I'd like to know why the bulbs (whatever they are) aren't blooming. Tulips in beds that get watered during the summer are always going to fail or weaken so give up on them and move them to places where you can grow them properly and replant stronger bulbs there (until they weaken down again).

There's too many variables here that I don't know about - how do you treat the bulbs, what bulbs are they - to give you a good answer. Sorry.

Folks give up at different times. Some hang on forever to a losing cause. Others whack 'em out at first failure. Me? I like to know why they failed and whether I can fix that failure or whether I have to abandon the growing.

I guess it depends on whether you're a saver, a whacker or a fixer. :-)