Naturally, after these wonderful flowers have bloomed so beautifully, we want more and more of them in the garden. So we decide to propagate them. It is very simple, but worth a few words. Tulips can be propagated in two ways: by offset bulbs and by seed. The second method can give a large number of new plants, but it has three major drawbacks. First, a plant whose seed pod is not cut off and left to ripen is greatly weakened, which can reduce its flowering. Second, seeds do not always produce beautiful flowers – sometimes they simply do not germinate. And third, plants raised from seed are in most cases completely different from the tulip that gave us the seeds. That is why I strongly recommend propagation by offset bulbs.
When lifting the bulbs each year, gently separate the small bulbs that have grown on them during the flowering season. That is all there is to it. Store them with the other bulbs to dry, and in autumn they can be planted. One large bulb planted in autumn can produce three or four small bulbs, depending on the tulip variety and the quality of care.