I expect your best bet would be to keep such bulbs as cool as possiable in growth, and dry when dormant. They are designed to grow in the mild spells between summer and winter, ie automne/ spring, and if you try to make them grow when they are hot they rot. On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 12:02 AM, AW <awilson@avonia.com> wrote: > Thanks, Peter. That was useful information. It does sound, I'm afraid, as > though they are not going to do well for me. Tulips are a bust here after a > year or two. I'm sure people out there will ask "Have you tried ..? Well, > I've tried a quite a few. They're OK for a year or two and then they're > ususally gone. It's a pity. Cyclamen are far more adaptable to this climate > as you might expect. You can't have everything! > > Andrew > San Diego > > > From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] > On Behalf Of Peter Taggart > > It grows well in a fairly sunny position in the uk and is easy in pots. It > probably needs temperature fluctuations to end its summer dormancy. Can you > grow Tulip species? - it likes similar conditions. > Peter (UK) > > On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 10:10 PM, AW <awilson@avonia.com> wrote: > > > One of those ads popped up today from e-Bay telling me about a > > beautiful, blue-flowered lily that somebody wanted to sell. It sounded > > pretty good but no Latin name for the species was provided. A little > > work later, I narrowed it down to possibly Ixiolirion tataricum. The > > epithet seems to indicate it comes form central Asia. For this area, > > with a nearly frostless climate, that might not be a good choice. I > > looked it up in the Wiki and became more or less convinced that I had > > the right name. The Wiki did not indicate in which climate zones the > > bulbs would be suited. I'm sure somebody among us grows the attractive > bulb. Would it grow here? > > > > Andrew > > San Diego > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >