Re: tulips

In a message dated 12/4/02 5:26:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, llmen@wi.rr.com 
writes:


> In any case, if you ever get too many of your prolific burgundy 
> tulips, I'd be happy to take some of your hands!

Hi Pat,

I'm with Don, same offer.  I cannot think of any burgundy species that are 
for sale in the catalogs we generally see.  If the flowers are small and 
graceful with spare foliage, there are a few close to that color. A few of 
these are a bit over ten inches but it would be noticed that the petals are 
not of heavy substance.

I have never seen hybrid tulips establish in the North.  If you have 
something doing well for you, hang on to them.  There are a series of hybrids 
called Kaufmanniana, Greigii and others that have unusual shape and are short 
compared to the common hybrid classes.   You may have the perfect place for 
one of these.  Someday you will see them in a catalog or on a site and know 
what you have.  There are many things I have ID'd that way, by accident after 
years of asking around.

Any bulb that likes your garden well enough to multiply is your special good 
luck.

Claire Peplowsk
NYS z4

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