Bulbs: OK, who has Tulips?, 1 by chrisw99

chrisw99 wrote:
Vossner, --My own experience with hyacinthoides hispanica includes both a named white one called 'White City" and a named blue one called 'Excelsior'. 'White City' was only about 6 in tall and underwhelming--small blooms and few spikes. However, 'Excelsior' was taller, and very impressive . I started with 25 bulbs of Excelsior in 2002 and by 2007 I must have had a a few hundred blooms--they just split and multiplied every year. In my opinion Excelsior is the one to buy.

Unfortunately, I didn't know that hyacinthoides are the gopher equivalent of potato chips so this year I only have a few random bulbs and a couple of smaller clumps that were missed. Here's a closeup photo taken last year in early April.

Chris