Thanks, Peter. That was useful information. It does sound, I'm afraid, as though they are not going to do well for me. Tulips are a bust here after a year or two. I'm sure people out there will ask "Have you tried ..? Well, I've tried a quite a few. They're OK for a year or two and then they're ususally gone. It's a pity. Cyclamen are far more adaptable to this climate as you might expect. You can't have everything! Andrew San Diego From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Peter Taggart It grows well in a fairly sunny position in the uk and is easy in pots. It probably needs temperature fluctuations to end its summer dormancy. Can you grow Tulip species? - it likes similar conditions. Peter (UK) On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 10:10 PM, AW <awilson@avonia.com> wrote: > One of those ads popped up today from e-Bay telling me about a > beautiful, blue-flowered lily that somebody wanted to sell. It sounded > pretty good but no Latin name for the species was provided. A little > work later, I narrowed it down to possibly Ixiolirion tataricum. The > epithet seems to indicate it comes form central Asia. For this area, > with a nearly frostless climate, that might not be a good choice. I > looked it up in the Wiki and became more or less convinced that I had > the right name. The Wiki did not indicate in which climate zones the > bulbs would be suited. I'm sure somebody among us grows the attractive bulb. Would it grow here? > > Andrew > San Diego > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >