Paul, I lost T. linifolia (from UCBG!) after I think two years in the ground in Oakland. I did not give it any special care. Clusiana was reliable in the same spot. There is a beautiful red form of T. bakeri (also known as T. hageri I think?) from Crete that Nick Turland managed to grow in Missouri, but I never found a commercial source in the U.S. You should try to get some from MOBOT! That would be a valuable contribution to Bay Area gardens. If you search Tulipa on Nick's Flickr stream, you should find it, along with the correct name, sorry I don't have time to track it down now. Best, Max Withers Austin On Apr 10, 2013, at 1:41 PM, Paul Licht <plicht@calmail.berkeley.edu> wrote: > Many tulips will bloom over several years in my Berkeley > area garden but are unreliable because of our lack of > winter. In the Botanical Garden, T. clusiana (maybe not all > cultivars) has been long lived and this is a well known > species for zone 9. I'd like to hear of other species that > have done well for Bay area gardeners. Likely candidates are > T. bakeri, saxatilis, batalini, and linifolia. > > Paul > > Paul Licht, Director > University of California Botanical Garden > 200 Centennial Drive > Berkeley, CA 94720 > (510)-643-8999 > http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/ > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/