Tulips and Narcissus? If you cut any bulb flower for a vase this year will they grow back next year??

Because i read that you are supposed to wait until the leaves die even after the flowers are already dead... why?

Tulips and Narcissus? If you cut any bulb flower for a vase this year will they grow back next year??
I think you can cut the flowers of bulbs for indoor vases and they will come back. I have been cutting the flowers of my paperwhite narcissus for the last few years and always get blooms the next year.


The theory behind waiting untill the leaves die is that everything from the plant goes back into the bulb so to regenerate for the following year.


I have neighbours that cut back their narcissus before they die back and still get blooms the next spring.


If you need more answers check out your local garden store or library


Happy Gardening!
Reply:You can cut flowers for a vase and the roots that you leave in the ground will still be alive and will grow more flowers later.





but if you do cut off all off the leaves, then the roots will be a little weaker maybe but they will survive just fine.
Reply:You can cut the flower off but leave the green leaves and let them die back on their own. The leaves continue to get energy from the sun and store it in the bulb so it can have enough energy to flower and to multiply the following year. If you cut the leaves off before they are dead, the bulb may not die, but you might not get a flower the next year.