Amana edulis
James Waddick (Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:28:58 PDT)

Dear Jane - Interesting parallel with Tulipa sylvestris here.

In shade and 'decent' (not great) soil it forms a mat of single leaves and spreads like crazy. Never blooms. Hundreds of small single grassy leaves.

In hot sun it get 4-5 x larger, multiple leaves and has very nice bright yellow flowers. Spreads a bit, but under control.

Sounds very similar to your situation. Want to trade weedy tulips? Best Jim W.

On Apr 11, 2013, at 4:50 PM, Jane McGary wrote:

Around 15 years ago I bought 3 bulbs of Amana edulis (syn. Tulipa
edulis), and 2 years ago I planted it (with some increase) into the
open garden. Since then it has spread a bit, apparently by stolons.
In all these years it has never flowered.

Do any of you grow it? And more to the point, have any of you
flowered it? I wonder if it requires a hotter summer than it gets here.

Jane McGary
Portland, Oregon, USA

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