Poor tulips

AdRock

Are there any tulip experts who can tell me what’s happened to a few of mine this year? The foliage looks tired and the flower stems are short and listing....

Valley Gardener

Oh dear,what a shame,they look very sorry for themselves,could it be all the rain we've had?

Obelixx

Could be the wet, especially combined with the cold.  They're originally from Turkey and like well drained soils.   In my last garden I only ever got tulips thru a winter in pots - kept in shelter till shoots showed - and in one sunny, well drained bed where I planted species tulips.  Everywhere else the soil was just too rich and wet and cold.

In this new garden I planted loads in pots last year and then put them in the ground late last winter and, lo and behold, some have flowered but the soil is a lot drier here.