They put up some healthy looking foliage but no flowers. We did have a very mild winter this year. On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Rodger Whitlock <totototo@telus.net> wrote: > On 12 Apr 2016, at 8:17, Sujit Hart wrote: > > > I put in some Tulipa clusiana and some daffodils maybe three or four > years > > ago. The second year after planting they came back in the spring with > some > > flowers, maybe 70%. This year I only go one daffodil bloom. Should I get > > rid of all the bulbs and plant something else instead, or is there > anything I > > can do to get them to bloom again? > > I looked up the cllimate of Houston on Wikipedia: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Houston/ > > Houston has a hot climate with more or less even rainfall throughout the > year. > Tulips prefer (or may even demand) dry summers. In your climate, istm that > they > would be prone to attack by fungal diseases. > > A question: did your bulbs put up foliage this year, or was there simply > nothing where you had planted them? > > There may also be issues relating to soil fertility and pH. > > > -- > 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/ >