When the air begins to get cooler, and the leaves initial to fall from the trees, most everybody immediately think of storing the gardening supplies for the winter and taking ready to bundle up. But Wait! Before packing away your gardening equipment, dont fail to remember to pick up some tulip bulbs to plant in your garden. Fall is the perfect instant for planting tulip bulbs.

Tulip bulbs are easily the most recognizable bulb flower in the world today. Most everybody think first of a tulip, when they are asked to name a flower bulb. Tulips are user friendly to grow, and require very little care, which is one of the reasons that they are so popular.

There is a very large variety in the color selection of tulip bulbs. The colors of tulips typically follow the color trends that are almost always popular. Right now, pastel tulips are extremely popular color choices. The most popular tulip color has always been, and remains to be red. However, red is followed closely by yellow as the second most popular color.

Of course, you may find tulips in a variety of color as there are over 3500 varieties of tulips. You might purchase traditional tulip bulbs as well as fancy bulbs, which have a feathered, frilly petal. You may find tulips in solid colors as well as striped petals, or variegated colors.

You may purchase tulip bulbs that are early bloomers, maturing early in the springtime, or you can find tulips that will bloom later. So you might plan your bulb flowers so that you will consistently have flower blooms all spring, until your perennials begin blooming. Tulips come in tall varieties as well as shorter varieties, this can be important when you are planning a garden design. As well, you will have a choice between single blooming tulips and double bloomers.

With so much variety and selection, it is no doubt why tulip bulbs are such popular flowers. Coupled with the excellent selection and the ease of care and planting for tulips, they generate an excellent addition to any garden design. Tulips look wonderful in both formal garden designs as well as informal styles.