Introduction 🌷🎨 Tulips deliver a burst of spring color, but the show fades fast unless companions step in with height, texture, and staggered blooms. The five ready-made palettes below are designed so...
Introduction: Why Driveway Edges Are Tricky 🌡️🧂 Tulips can look stunning near pavement, but the microclimate is harsh. Asphalt stores heat, reflecting it back into nearby foliage and bulbs well beyond...
Introduction: Why This Combo Works 💡 Tulips bring saturated cups of color in spring, then bow out just as ornamental alliums send up dramatic globes. The hand-off is smooth: tulips peak first; alliums...
Why layering works (the color “handoff”) 🌈 Layering turns a short tulip moment into a months-long show by handing off color to the next wave of bloomers. Tulips peak, then their foliage must recharge ...
Introduction Spring’s headline act ends fast: tulips blaze, then their foliage flops—and your border suddenly looks “between shows.” 🌷➡️😶 The fix isn’t more work; it’s smarter casting—pairing tulips w...
Introduction: Why an “Allium Bridge” Works 🌷🧅🌻 Alliums are nature’s baton pass—blooming just after tulips so your border never looks “between seasons.” They share similar cultural needs with tulips, w...
Introduction: Why This Playbook Works 💡 Starting tulips is easier when you treat it like a recipe—right season, right depth, right spacing. This playbook simplifies timing, soil, and critter-proofing ...
Introduction: The “sun-then-shade” puzzle, solved 🌞➡️🌤️ Tulips love the bright spring window before deciduous trees leaf out, but many companions stall once the canopy closes. The trick is pairing bul...
Introduction: Why ‘Late to Emerge’ Keeps Tulips in the Spotlight 🌟 Tulips want an uncluttered stage in April, and late-emerging perennials don’t elbow in until the bulb show is over. By choosing plant...
Introduction: Why Tulip Beds Need a Summer Backup 🌈 Tulips deliver a brilliant burst—and then the show fades just as the season begins. In Zone 5b, the key is stitching in perennials that wake up as t...