Tulips Grown in a Glass Vase: &quot;Tulips to be&quot; in a wide glass vase, with a dozen or so bare tulip bulbs in the bottom.  There is a little &quot;grate&quot; in the bottom of the vase. You simply put water in the bottom, &amp; the bulbs sprout roots, which anchor themselves through the grate, then come leaves, then, in about 3 or 4 weeks, you have flowers!