Why ? my Tulips looked like Peonies !! and they seem to have a bud cluster after Blooming?

3 different varieties all came up bad !! only lasted about 1 week 1/2 . anybody know what Happened ??


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Why ? my Tulips looked like Peonies !! and they seem to have a bud cluster after Blooming?
There are hybrid tulips that look like peonies now and they are called peony tulips. Could you have grabbed them by mistake at the place you purchased them or the store had them miss marked? They do take some getting used to because they look nothing like a tulip. Not to every ones taste. I know I rather have my tulips look like tulips. An example of what I am talking about go to this link.





http://www.theplantexpert.com/springbulb...





They still are very pretty.
Reply:Cross pollination is not an answer here. Yes, it would affect any offspring that your tulips produced, but it would affect the bulbs themselves. (bulbs are produced asexually)





My guess is that you grabbed some of the fancy tulip varieties that are out there these days. I have several going in my garden, and I love them.
Reply:Wherever you purchased the bulbs, they were cross pollinated before you planted them. I would take a pic then dig them up and take back. (The pic will show what they looked like).
Reply:Sounds like they were cross pollenated with another flower.