I really need more tulips that come back for me year after year so that I don't have to replant everywhere. Species are one of the ways I am going to go. Not to give up my modern tulips but in addition too them.
I have made some decisions on the species, I know where I will put them around the garden. So I have decided on --
Wilsonia
bakeri Lilac Wonder
Little Beauty
Little Princess
humilis violacea (yellow base that Scheepers carries)
humilis Eastern Star
humilis Persian Pearl
linifolia 'Red Hunter'
orphanidea whittallii
Taco clusiana Kaufmanniana hybrid
Ice Stick clusiana Kaufmanniana hybrid
clusiana straight species
clusiana var.Tinka
clusiana var. chrysantha
clusiana var. stellata
clusiana Lady Jane
clusiana Peppermint Stick
You will notice that my list is strong on clusianas. I find the pictures just stunning and would love to have a variety in my own garden.
All these I have listed and decided on because I have sources of them, I can just order them for fall. And I will do that!
I have already planted vvedenskyi Tangerine Beauty and humilis violacea black base.
