Re: bulbs
- Subject: Re: bulbs
- From: K* K*
- Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 21:52:40 -0800
On Monday, January 7, 2002, at 02:12 PM, Sean O'Hara wrote:
> I am currently interested in trying some species tulips instead of
> the hybrids as many of them adapt quite well to our local
> mild-winter climate and rebloom consistently each year (most
> hybrids tulips just die out unless you get real winter frosts for
> a long period during the winter).
I can recommend Tulipa saxatilis - this is the best of about 6
species I tried four years ago. Spreads by stolons, but not very
aggresively, and I think all of them survived and multiplied for
me. T. sylvestris is also quite good: most of them survived. T.
clusiana and T. bakeri did not fare that well, but some survived.
In a couple of weeks, I should know this year's survival rate.
KK
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