Adam I was aware of the synonym but, at the risk of pandering to racial
stereotype of 'too tight' to spend money on a new replacement botanic
label, preferring to rely on hiding behind pretending to testing visitor's
knowledge of Tulipa taxonomy. Pretty sad is it not.

Hang fire pro tem ref the permits and let's see what/if comes up. I would
however need in any event to allow the plants to complete their flowering
cycle here at least in the hopes of getting seed never mind allowing the
visitors to view said flowers. I am a wee bitty of a superstitious Celt so
prefer not to count my chickens err their hatching, fingers crossed
anyway, they have previously been through - 26 C as worst case scenario
and come to no harm without snow cover on that occasion, therefore this
year's - 20 C with circa 1.1 metre snow cover should not have affected
them, however I don't know [a] whether there is an inherent longevity in
this taxon's life time as a bulb, or [b] even if the bulbs split from time
to time under ground not having had any need [or time] to investigate but
will bare in mind the fact that they are 'divers' which on my acid
glaciated sands and gravels might be somewhat limited possibly? I regret
to say of late I have not given our Tulipa collec
tion as much attention as they warrant being distracted by the Lily
collection so will try to make amends this year, several taxa are already
poking their leaves through the grit covering on the rockery beds so
perhaps I need to cover them with a loose rabbit net as protection in case
of visitations, feathered or otherwise

Iain

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