Re: tulips

Hi Marya:

I had a friend who got more than just one season out of his alliums.  He
would spray paint them after they flowered instead of cutting them back.
His alliums usually came back each year.  Made for an interesting contrast
in the garden.

Kate
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marya Williams" <sistermarya@juno.com>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: tulips


> This is interesting. Can you store them at room temps or do you have to
> have a "root cellar" or some such cool storage area? I was actually
> wondering about the Globemaster alliums I purchased this year, they are
> expensive and I wince to think that I'll only get one year of bloom out
> of them if we have a wet summer. You never can tell and we have clay
> soil.
>
> THe old "Apeldoorn" series of Darwin hybrid tulips is perennial for me
> here for a number of years, but every 5-7 years we get a real soggy
> summer and then they succumb.
> >
> > Older immigrant gardeners waited for mostly dried off foliage,
> > lifted,
> > cleaned and stored tulip bulbs. They were kept until quite cold and
> > replanted
> > late in the fall.
>
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