The tulips are in full bloom from around mid-April to mid-May, although the weather just prior to this period may lengthen or shorten this time frame by a week or two. Visit our Tulip Time page for more info.

Tulips were introduced into the Netherlands at the end of the 16th century by Carolus Clusius. People in the Netherlands were quick to take an interest in these bulbs and started experimenting with growing them in the gardens around their homes. Because the demand for tulips grew, an increasingly professional approach was devoted to their cultivation, and it turned out that the coastal area ? and especially the strip of land just inside the Dutch dunes - had the perfect conditions for this. See similar questions...

The answer to this question depends upon the type of orchid. Some bloom once a year, others bloom several times a year and some even bloom continuously. See similar questions...

You have to be patient when the plant you purchased in flower is done flowering, because it needs to mature another growth before it can flower again, unless it is a sequential bloomer from the section Cochlopetalum (see following paragraph). Your plant will also take a bit of time to adjust to your growing conditions, and your potting medium if you choose to repot it after flowering (which is always a good idea). See similar questions...

You will get only one inflorescence per growth; you need to mature another growth to get another inflorescence. There have been rare recorded instances of some plants pushing up 2 inflorescences from the same growth. The exception to this rule is plants from section Cochlopetalum, which will give you flowers sequentially on the same inflorescence for many months. Paphs can be frustratingly or tantalizingly (depending on your point of view) slow to push that bud up and open it. Paph. See similar questions...

Bloom is a condition that affects the surface of chocolate, not the taste, and gives the chocolate a dull, white appearance. The surface of sugar bloom is gritty and rough to the touch, whereas fat bloom has an oily or greasy feel. Sugar bloom is caused by the condensation of water vapor from the air onto the surface of the chocolate. The sugar in the chocolate dissolves in the water, causing the water to evaporate and the sugar crystals to remain on the chocolate. See similar questions...

Predicting blooming size by leaf span can be difficult, as there is not only tremendous variation between the different species, but clonal variation within a species. Differing growing conditions between growers can also produce 'blooming size' plants at different rates. Also, vendors have independent ideas about what constitutes 'blooming size', based on their particular growing conditions. Obviously only limited generalizations can be made within ranges as wide apart as the diminutive Paph. See similar questions...

The rose plant is not getting enough sun. Roses need at least 6 hours of direct sun a day to perform well. 2. The rose needs more water. Roses like at least an inch of water per week during the growing season. 3. The plant has been given too much fertilizer, especially Nitrogen. Too much fertilizer can either damage the plant or cause it to grow extra leaves and stems at the expense of blooms. 4. The rose is a new plant. Don't expect too much from a plant during its first year. 5. See similar questions...

Try putting the plant inside a closed plastic bag with a cut apple. Normally, they bloom from one to six months after the plant has been removed from the bag. Keep the apple/plant & bag combo in contact for no more than four to five days. Be sure plant is getting bright, indirect light. See similar questions...

On average, the French tulip is over 8 inches longer than the standard variety. French Tulips are tall, elegant and statuesque. They come in a wide array of spectacular colors, including shades of red, orange, yellow and pink. See similar questions...

Some people (especially in the US) seem to be under the impression that drugs are a common article in Holland, that most people smoke pot all the time, and I've even been asked if it's considered acceptable to be stoned while at the office. Obviously we need to clear up a few misconceptions here. The enforcement of Dutch legislation on drugs is a bit ambivalent. See similar questions...

These bulbs, along with other spring flowering minor bulbs can be planted until the soil freezes. Be sure to, add a generous (2-3") layer of shredded bark mulch, straw, or evergreen boughs immediately after planting. First, treat the soil with soil sulfur, or iron sulfate. Mulch the entire area under the branches with one to two inches of peat moss, then shredded bark mulch. See similar questions...

It has been proven that tulips continue to grow in water and will curve towards light. This problem can be rectified by wrapping the individual stems tightly in newspaper and standing them in water directly beneath a light for a few hours. See similar questions...

Skip MNZ4 - You're kind of in spot, all right. If you don't cover them up to protect them from the frost and it freezes for a few hours or overnight that's probably the end of your spring show. If you add mulch to protect them they may be OK. Usually, when the temperature drops down to 32 degrees F stem elongation really slows down but doesn't stop altogether. You might add 6 to 8 inches of protective mulch during the cold period and then when warmer temperatures return, take it off. See similar questions...

What causes plants to look dirty and lose their green color during the heat of the summer? One culprit is spider mites. H Family and Consumer Science Agriculture Horticulture Youth & Families with Promise Food Sense Nutrition Education See similar questions...

This is an easy question to answer. Either your plant is too young, it isn't happy, it's too "fat," or it doesn't know it's "time" for it to bloom. Unlike your garden flowers that go from a tiny seed to a mature blooming plant in the course of the spring and summer, many orchids like Cattleyas can take as long as 5 years to reach blooming age! Typically, most new orchid owners purchased their orchid in bloom from a local nursery so the plant is obviously old enough to bloom. See similar questions...

You should do this exactly the same what as it is done for the provided open addressing bucket mapping. I'll now describe how that is done and the reason for it. For this genomics application, an estimated value (really an upper bound) for the number of elements to insert is provided to the constructor, and also a desired load is provided (as an argument or using a default value). Let capacity be the estimated value for n (i.e. See similar questions...

Please use 0.25 as the default value for the target load. In particular, for Part II of the lab, please use 0.25. As with open addressing, you also want to allow the application to provide a value for the target load in the constructor. In Part III you are asked to perform tests with target loads of 0.25 and 0.125. You can look at the provided code for the open addressing bucket mapping to guide you. (The only difference is that for open addressing 0.5 is used as the default value, and 0. See similar questions...