Hi, my name is Guy and I am a new member of PBS I live in Spain southern Catalonia in a dry med. climate ( 9 Us zone) During many years I tried to acclimate( and I am still trying!) various botanical tulips. In the garden, many disappear but some seem to naturalize and even to prosper, eg. Tulipa clusianaTulipa chrysantha ( dark and pale form)tulipa linifolia ( gorgeous) Tulipa linifolia ( yellow form) tulipa orphanideaA local form of tulipa australis They do not seem to need so much cold to bloom, here it is not very often under 0 C and not long enough to freeze deep in the soil... Those bulbs come from Lauw ( Bulbargence, France ) He is a PBS member, as far as I know , and he has got anice collection of tulips well adapted to Med. climate > Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 18:06:48 +1300 > From: klazina1@gmail.com > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: [pbs] tulips in warm climates > > I like to grow tulips and have found a source here in NZ for Tulipa > saxatilis. However, that is the only one available which is suitable > for Auckland. I've got a bit lost with all the talk of tulips. Are > there others which will grow happily in warm climates. > > -- > Ina Crossley > Auckland New Zealand zone 10a > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/