RE: bulbs
- Subject: RE: bulbs
- From: C* R*
- Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 22:40:14 -0800
- Importance: Normal
I can second Krzysztof's recommendation; I have some T. saxatilis nestled in
a TINY pocket of soil between tree roots and a sidewalk. The soil could be
measured in cupfuls. It has thrived there since 1995 or so. Granted, if it
were a thug, there would be nowhere it could go--but I've got other little
colonies of the same tulip behaving themselves in less constricted niches.
Cheryl
Santa Clara, CA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> [o*@ucdavis.edu]On Behalf Of Krzysztof Kozminski
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 9:53 PM
> To: sean@support.net
> Cc: MeditPlants
> Subject: Re: bulbs
>
>
> 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
> http://www.kozminski.com
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