Dear friends, Tulips are something of a love/hate relationship here. We've had some do well and persist for year while others either dwindle quickly or prove just way too delicious for the toothy gourmets here. Current long term success are T sylvestris. We were originally given this by a friend who grew it in light shade. We planted this in a slightly shadier spot and it soon produced a sod of foliage and few but lovely bright yellow flowers. We move a few to a much sunnier spot and the plant totally changed form into a taller more delicate plant with multiple large flowers on almost every stem. It is still a mad runner. Wouldn't be without it and squirrels seem to avoid it. A new addition, but proving very happy here is T. clusiana 'Lady Jane'. After only a few years it seems like each bulb has "clumped up" and the flowers are most exuberant. It has the peppermint red -white buds that open into a flat 'tulip' shape of pure white with a small yellow center. They are putting on a great show right now. And one of the longest lasting deserves attention although it is far more modest in all ways. The name seems to jump around some. It is listed on the wiki as T pulchella, but otherwise as T. humilis or with a cv name (which I seem to recall, but the label is long gone). The flowers are subdued deep red on the outside, but flare open to show a dark center( purple black), a pink intermediate zone and the out third red -violet. This has been here untouched for years and blooms reliably each year. When in full bloom, the flowers essentially hide the foliage. Unaffected by our climate or bulb eaters. We have other tulips that stay around even some of the larger flowered Dutch cvs and some with variegated foliage, but none thrive as well as these three. Others seem to come and go, alas. Best Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +