Hello Guy and All, Welcome to the forum, youy will surely find it a place where we can learn and share bulb experiences. As regards to Tulips for the mediterranaean climate, we have tried out formany years to select those who resist to heat . Of course we started with growing those found naturalised here: T. clusiana clusiana,, sylvestris, praecox, agenense.Then we tried those which grow in other parts of the méditerranean: T creticum, orphanidea. Also we tried a range of species originating from continental climats (Iran, Afgangistan, central Asia) Note that several species naturalised in our area orginally come from Cashmir, Iran Afganistan region. In the hybrid species I tried several "simple tardives" (literally: 'single late') such as Maureen, Menton, Renove, Avignon etc) These cultivars are used by highly specialised cut flower producers on the Cote d'Azur . Some of these are virus resistant and survive in méditerrean gardens. For more information visit our website : http://bulbargence.com/m_catalogue/index.php/… Kind greetings Lauw de Jager Bulb'Argence South of France -----Original Message----- During many years I tried to acclimate( and I am still trying!) various botanical tulips. Those bulbs come from Lauw ( Bulbargence, France ) He is a PBS member, as far as I know , and he has got a nice collection of tulips well adapted to Med. climate