Tulips

What are the best practices and systems for harvesting and post-harvest handling of flowers, herbs, and foliages before they leave the field and workshop, to safeguard that quality? This survey of 5 specialty cut-flower growers distills the collective and cumulative wisdom of three-quarters of a century of farming and selling flowers, from the Slow Flowers community.

Scheduling and succession planting tips + variety notes and recommendations for a successful harvest of forced tulips, from our research trials.

Learn about the process for forcing flower bulbs, including infrastructure and materials needed for achieving early blooms.

The step-by-step process of how to force tulip bulbs in soil, including chilling, forcing, harvesting, and common problems and pitfalls.

Use this printable chart to review distinguishing features of Johnny's premium-quality tulip bulbs. Types include Darwin Hybrids, Doubles, Parrots, Triumph, and Single Late selections.

Learn how we extend our tulip harvest 3-4 weeks at our Zone 5 Research Farm in Albion, Maine. Johnny's Flower Trialing Tech, Joy Longfellow covers key steps in planting, culture, and harvest, including key differences between field-planted tulips and those in the unheated tunnel.

Johnny's online Flower Bulb Catalog is shoppable, interactive, and downloadable — all the features that make for a convenient, ecoconscious shopping experience.

Join Joy Longfellow, Johnny's Flower Trial Technician for a close-up look at 'Queensday' tulip, with its bright, early- to mid-spring double blooms, long strong stems, and light, citrusy fragrance.

Join us in the tulip trial field as we discuss 'Mysterious Parrot', a richly colored parrot tulip.

Join a conversation on 'Queen of the Night', a late-flowering single tulip with an interesting deep purple color.

Join us in the tulip trials for a look at 'Foxtrot', a fragrant, double late-flowering tulip.

See the exceptional range of colors produced by 'Apricot Parrot' and learn about this variety's distinguishing characteristics.