What to do with tulips.
Hello. I'm not any kind of flower professional but sometimes I get flowers for my home and usually I can figure out something that is aesthically pleasing. But today I got tulips and they weren't blooming and had lots of green leaves covering the blooms. I googled what to do with them and the consensus seems to be to remove most of the green parts. I tried to do that but while the top parts came off, the bottom of the stems didn't quite let me strip them so the bottoms of the stems are thicker than the tops. Is that normal or should I have peeled the bottoms more? I cut the stems at a 45 degree angle and put a few ice cubes in the bottom of the vase. Tomorrow I plan to poke a hole with a pin under each flower. Did I do what I should have? Here is the stems kinda showing what I mean about the uneven stripping and what they look like right now in their vase