In reading posts, I realized that the Tulipa clusiana seed pods I had last year were much less common that I thought. Next time, perhaps even this summer, if any of my tulip patches set seed, I'll save them for the seed exchange. Meanwhile, T. turkestanica, clusiana, clusiana chrysantha, tarda and sylvestris are all in flower, along with a few standards that the deer managed not to eat this year. We are enjoying our first actually warm and sunny day, on the Pacific Northwest coast, where I'm heading out to weed gorse plants before they set seed, an annual chore in older yards along the ocean in the sand dunes. Kathleen