Rodger, Add to that advice that it is the only tulip I know (and grow) which aborts its flowers very quickly if the bulbs get hot, or if they get a little too dry while in leaf/ bud/ flower! (I bought my bulbs about ten years ago). I have literally dozens of Tulip accessions. Peter (UK) On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Rodger Whitlock <totototo@telus.net> wrote: > > I'm also trying, and not for the first time, the beautiful blue-eyed white > tulip, "Tulipa pulchella alba oculata-caerulea", in the hopes of figuring > out > how to keep the bulbs from dwindling away as they have in the past. > Fortunately, it turns out that one of the gals at a local garden center > evidently knows a thing or two about keeping it going so it will form > flowering > size bulbs even though potted. Her advice is to use a sandy, somewhat > alkaline > soil and to feed halfway through the flowering period, then again two weeks > later. > > Stay tuned next year for reports on success or failure. > > > -- > Rodger Whitlock > Victoria, British Columbia, Canada > Z. 7-8, cool Mediterranean climate > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >