Re: tulips

ECPep@aol.com wrote:
This is an often asked question in the US as all of us have had dreams of drifts of returning spring color from tulips. The breakdown of the bulb and the appearance of the single leaf or an occasional small flower happens everywhere making the tulip an annual for US gardeners (apart from species bulbs).

Is there a way to tell a species bulb before it's planted? I planted gift bulbs (read as paper bagged bulbs dug from the neighbors) 4 years ago when I moved to this house. They are spreading and multiplying faster than I know what to do for them! After they bloom I dig up a few and move them so they aren't so crowded - and I let the foliage wither naturally. These are those pointed petal type (sorry - I'm not up on my tulip jargon) in a deep burgundy (not red) - rather than the softer, cup-shaped tulips.

I'm in Zone 5 - SE Wisconsin, in heavy Great Lakes Clay. Do I have an anamoly?

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Pat Mitchell
corgilover@wi.rr.com

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