Tulipa species
Antennaria@aol.com (Sun, 23 Feb 2003 19:43:18 PST)

Inspired by Arnold's postings of Tulipa photos on the PBS wiki, I added
photos and links showing additional Tulipa species. I'm not going to list
all the links here, just follow this single link to the PBS wiki Tulipa page:

http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

One item to call your attention to, and a question in general. In the photos
I posted, I show a patch of Tulipa tarda, "succession interplanted" with
Tulipa bakeri 'Lilac Wonder'. I was wondering if others have tried
"succession bulb planting" to extend the season of a planted area. Can the
bulbs coexist without one overtaking the other? The most successful scheme
I've tried is planting Puschkinia libanotica (which Hoog & Dix list as P.
scilloides var. libanotica) amongst Crocus chysanthus cultivars. After the
crocus have finished, the lovely palest blue flowers of the Puschkinia adorn
the patches of still-green crocus foliage. They occupy the same space in the
garden, conserving space for ephemeral bulbs. Thoughts?

Mark McDonough Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States
antennaria@aol.com "New England" USDA Zone 5
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