Try to buy them as soon as possible and keep them well ventilated at 16-18 ºC for example in a barn or shed The small bulbs are often dead late in the season the humidity in the shops is to low and the bulbs dry out soon especially bulbs like the Tulipa clusiana and Tulipa batalinii they have a fantastic skin but you can't see what is under it Roland > Thank you so much for all the suggestions and comments. I think I may try T > clusiana in a raised bed. Will it be best to plant in the fall when the > temperature is cooler, I'm thinking October. > > Sujit > Houston > -- R de Boer La Maugardiere 1 F 27260 EPAIGNES FRANCE Phone./Fax 0033-232-576-204 Email: bulborum@gmail.com