05/06/2026
🌷 Topped but not forgotten. 🌷
Sometimes the best thing you can do for your tulips is to let the bloom go. Before the petals begin to fall, gently grab the stem just below the bloom and give it a simple bend and snap! đź«°
That’s what we do to a million blooms in our display garden and tens of millions more throughout our fields. Although we do use a specialty machine to speed the process in the fields.
But why do we “top” the blooms? Topping the tulip flowers helps to promote bulb growth by redirecting energy back to the bulb (re photosynthesis) sending it right where it matters most - for next spring.
Topping also helps to prevent any petals from falling onto the plant foliage where it can rot and lead to disease. And finally, as a bonus the earth receives some added organic matter which helps improve the structure of the soil for the next tulip rotation in five or six years. Every bit helps.
TLDR? A simple snap today means stronger bulbs tomorrow. Trust the process because next year’s magic is now growing underground!
And YES, RoozenGaarde has finished blooming for the spring. We’re already looking forward to next year with the goal of making things bigger, better, and more colorful than ever before!
Thanks for blooming with us this spring.
