Amana edulis
Peter Taggart (Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:52:06 PDT)
Amana edulis flowers nicely for me every year. It receives no special care
but I water it a little more than other tulips Amana Edulis is is one of
the Tulips which I do not use especially deep pots for. I have two
accessions. One is supposed to be derived from a Norman Stevens collection.
The other came from a stall at an Alpine Society show. I understand that
there are five or more species of Amana and that they reach as far west as
Japan. I would very much like to acquire some of the other forms.
I have had very little luck with Tulipa sylvestris in pots but some of its
cousins do very well for me and T beibersteiniana is a favorit of mine
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 5:28 AM, James Waddick <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> wrote:
Dear Jane - Interesting parallel with Tulipa sylvestris here.
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.