Texas Gardening: What bulbs (if any) don't have to be lifted to rebloom, 1 by DeeCline

DeeCline wrote:
Guess I am going to find out, I just planted 1,200 Muscari (Grape Hyacinths),
500 Daffodils, 300 Anemone and have 700 Dutch Iris coming, I don't understand why they wouldn't do well. Were we moved from in Northern Calif we were zone 7, and the only difference I would say is we did not have the humidity, but we would reach 100 degrees for a week or two at a time. Very hot summers. We did get more snow than you get here, but I just think it was we had all our rain in the winter months and none in the summer. The snow rarely lasted more than a few days. I had 15,000 bulbs and they did beautiful year after year. I did plant Oriental Lilies when I first arrived here in the spring and they did not do that well, though dug them up and found out they were rotting, so have moved them to a better draining soil. I brought with me from Calif some blue dutch Iris and beared iris that did great. Also the glads did well. At least for this year. There were a few daffodils already here and a neighbor has them so never doubted that they might not come back for many years. Does anyone know about alstromeria (Peruvian Lily) if it grows here? What about Agapanthus (Lily of the Nile)? They did beautiful in Calif but have not seen any here. I know even Southern Calif had Agapanthus, places that never get below freezing. You guys have me scared now. Maybe I had better wait before I buy anymore bulbs. My Mom keeps telling me that I need to find out before I jump in so deep. I must admit I was surprised to read in the local paper that tulips would only last 1 year unless I dug them up. Had just placed an order for 300, canceled that order. I just really don't understand. The tempratures are about the same from where we came from. Though I must admit they are already starting to get quite cold there, very close to freezing some nights. Maybe thats it--your cold temp are not as for long and so the bulbs don't have enough time to do their winter thing. I can just see it now. Going to have to start throwing ice cubes on my bulb beds every night. Thank goodness for the ice maker-lol. Here is a picture of Hyacinth from Calif. I was so glad when we moved here because we don't have a problem with gophers. In Calif almost all my bulbs except beared iris and daffodils had to go in wire cages or beds.