I love tulips in the Spring, but since I rent, planting the bulbs and then digging them up when I move has never seemed worth it. And then I saw one of my colleague had a vase filled with rocks and a little bit of water growing amaryllis in her office in December! I looked up the idea on Pinterest, and found something very similar.
Materials:
- Jars and vases scavenged from around my house
- Decorative rocks ordered from Amazon Prime (Who knows where to buy rocks!?)
- Tulip bulbs on Etsy (I felt more comfortable buying them from a person who like tulips rather than by the box in a aisle at Lowes.
Original Setup:
I placed approximately 3 inches of rocks and 1-2 tulip bulbs in each vase or jar.
Starting to Sprout:
The below is from about two weeks into my tulip experiment

Getting a Little Crowded:
As you can see below, the jar that I planted 2 bulbs in (which sprouted 3) is starting to look crowded. I also am still not sure the best height for the tulip vases.

Growing Higher:
Below are pictures from this week. They’re shooting up!

Wait, Basil?
I was so successful with the tulips (they may actually bloom, that when I noticed my basil was dying (as it always does of root rot in a traditional pot), I decided I pick the healthiest parts and see if I could get them to root in regular water. And they did! I even upgraded them to a vase with rocks.

I'll let you know when the tulips bloom!