The day the bulbs arrive

[David Pilling]

Today is the day the bulbs arrived - I have lots of blue tulips! - I am gullible!!

Kind of a different supplier this year, the old one jacked up the prices too far this time - another 25%.

"Kind of" because they are still Dutch bulbs, but mostly from the high street shop "Wilko".

[Diane Whitehead]

Well, lucky you, being able to grow tulips.  One of the favourite deer snacks here.  I do manage to grow a few in the fenced vegetable garden.

[ksayce]

Tulips, deer and voles--a snack duo that devastate tulips in my garden. I have resorted to only growing species tulips in hypertufa planters. Deer eat buds and flowers, and prefer hybrids. Voles eat the bulbs and are notoriously unpicky about hybrids or species.  

[MarcR]

I grow most of my flowering plants, that are not deer resistant, in a 30x75 foot deer fenced area.
I buy 4X 12 foot pieces of hardware cloth and fold up 8 inches along each edge;, to form bulb cages. I plant my non-toxic bulbs in these cages. Most Ranunculaceae do not need this protection