Use a Mixture of Bulbs
Most bulbs love 65-degree spring days and lots of moisture, preceded by a cold winter dormancy, but gardners in the deep south don't have the same So how do gardeners in the Deep South get around those requirements?
Jimmy Turner of the Dallas Arboretum explains that we just have to change our way of thinking about the life span of a bulb. In Texas, he treats them as annuals. "Tulips just don’t perennialize in Texas. They won’t come back every year," he says. "So we just put them touching, bulb to bulb, and get as much color as quickly as possible." That way, for six to eight weeks in the spring, he gets a beautiful burst of color that is a real traffic stopper.
