I think it's like any other plant; if they're happy where they are, they will thrive and continue. If they're not happy they will die out. I'd be inclined to leave them alone and not move them.
Leslie Turek Sent from my iPhone. Please pardon typos. > On Apr 28, 2022, at 2:52 PM, Anne Warner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I don't know the full answer to your question, but I can report that outside > the kitchen window of the farmhouse in Connecticut where my mother grew up > (so now more than 90 years ago) there is a small troop of red tulips that > have been coming up every year since anyone can remember. The current > inhabitants dubbed them the "Caroline tulips", because that was my > grandmother's name, and she was the one who planted them. My grandmother was > born in the year 1900, was married at 18, and moved to the farmhouse a few > years after my mother's birth in 1929. I visited the current owners (who due > to the many, many descendants of my grandparents visiting them are in touch > with our greater family) about three years ago in the Spring, and the tulips > were still there and in bloom. No one has ever tried to move them, but > everyone who knows the farmhouse knows about the Caroline tulips, and they > are watched for and appreciated every year. > >> On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 2:15 PM Audrey Kalmus <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dear Lincolnites- >> >> I have a tulip mystery that I bet folks here can solve. There are few tulips >> that pop up in my garden every year that existed here before we did, so they >> are at least 10 years old. In researching how to move them I found lots of >> commentary saying tulips only bloom for 1-2 years after planting. Do I have >> amazing super tulips for them to have lasted this long? If so I’ll >> definitely move them, otherwise it looks like the accepted wisdom is that >> moving tulips is not worth the effort. >> >> Thanks in advance for your wisdom! >> >> Audrey >> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to [email protected]. >> Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. >> Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> > > > -- > Anne Taubes Warner > [email protected] > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >
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