Re: tulip data
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] tulip data
- From: C* P*
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 13:28:49 EST
In a message dated 2/16/00 11:18:36 AM Eastern Standard Time,
campanin@NTX1.CSO.UIUC.EDU writes:
<< I have also grown a number of other species tulips over the years
and have had pretty good return on tulipa tarda (also called daystemmon, I
think) >>
Jim,
Here in what is zone 4, I have the same experience with tulip tarda
(daystemmon). Planted with perfect drainage and not in an area watered in
summer this tulip seeds itself and has made a patch in a morning sun garden.
Why this one survives, I do not know.
Most of our tulips disappear due to mice and voles so are considered as an
annual treat. Sometimes fall planted tulips never make even one appearance.
Somewhere I read that many bulbous plants evolved in areas that do not have
underground enemies. Could this be true?
Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY
