CHUXAY GARDEN Red Matador Jumbo Tulip Seed, Darwin Hybrid Tulip 100 Seeds Beauty Red Flowering Plant Showy Accent Plant Grows in Garden and Pots

Like daffodils, tulips are an iconic flowering spring bulb, filling gardens with color well before most other flowering plants have gained momentum. They are among the oldest cultivated plants and have been hybridized to produce just about every color except for true blue. The plants have two to six broad, strappy leaves with a waxy coat that gives them a blue-green color. Most tulips have one flower per stem, but a few are multi-flowering. Tulips grow best as perennials in climates with moist, cool-to-cold winters and warm, dry summers. Plant the bulbs 4 to 8 inches deep in the fall (a depth about three times the size of the bulbs), in a sunny location with well-drained soil. Because they sprout and bloom so early in the spring, tulips can work well beneath trees and shrubs that will leaf out to create shady conditions later in the season. Space the bulbs 2 to 5 inches apart (depending on their size), with the pointy end facing up. Tulips tend to display best if planted in groups of about 10 bulbs.