How to Plant Tulips for the Most Beautiful Blooms, According to America’s Top Tulip Farm

A Dutch-American tulip empire shares fall tips for beautiful backyard blooms come spring.

RoozenGaarde, the Roozen family's five-acre display garden, is but a fraction of the hundreds of acres the family maintains. Courtesy of RoozenGaarde

Spring is coming.

Even though it’s early fall, now is the time to think about the premier icon of spring, the floral harbinger recognized around the world as a vernal signpost—the tulip. Showy, vivid, distinctive, and reliable, tulips are simple to grow.