What is the tulips natural habitat?
Tulips are originally from the mountain slopes of Turkey, where they have cold winters, plenty of water in the spring, and then bake for the rest of the year. The closer they can get to that, the better they will do. If you have good drainage and a reasonably sunny situation in July and August, your bulbs should do just fine. They need to heat to ripen next year’s flower buds. In too much shade, they tend to diminish from year to year. In this case, tulips need to be lifted, stored over the summer, and replanted in the autumn.
