Rabbits love tulip leaves almost as much as deer like the flower buds and rodents like the bulbs. It's almost a miracle when tulips survive all of that to bloom.

Vanishing tulips, leaves in the snow, and 11 other flower-bulb mysteries Published: Oct. 15, 2020, 7:33 a.m. Colorful bulb displays like this one at the Netherlands' Keukenhof gardens require a ...

When a flower is a developing bud it is surrounded by several green leaf-like structures called sepals. Think of the green things surrounding a rose bud. Some plants, including tulips, have sepals ...

Buds can already be seen at the base of some tulip plants, but stems are not yet extended. Bird says the recent snowfall, which coated Denver in 6.5 inches of snow , didn’t bother the plants.

Pruning a red tulip (Image credit: Shutterstock) ... “Using sharp secateurs or scissors, cut about ¼ inch above the nearest new leaf, bud, or flower," says David Denyer from Eflorist.

Buds can already be seen at the base of some tulip plants, but stems are not yet extended. Bird says the recent snowfall, which coated Denver in 6.5 inches of snow, didn’t bother the plants. “Snow ...