Re: tulip data

Hi Claire,

Thanks very much for your comments.  I am beginning to get the drift of
things now -- good drainage and no extra water in summer!

I would have thought that tulip bulbs were subject to similar depredations
in their native habitats as in our gardens -- they come from Turkey, Iran,
Russia, and Central Asia, where there surely must be hungry rodents.

Best wishes,
Jim Shields

At 01:28 PM 2/16/00 EST, you wrote:
>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
>
>
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