California Gardening: Fall/Winter Bulbs in California, 1 by chrisw99

chrisw99 wrote:
Wonderearth: Lovely tulips with the red/orange feathering and the light edges!! Do you happen to know their name? If they return for you , I would love to try some next year.

I grow some species types like T. bakerii 'Lilac Wonder', T. clusiana, and T. orphanidea which return for me. But I have also had really good luck with Fosteriana tulips specifically Red Emperors (aka Madame Lefeber). They have come back and bloomed for 5 years now. See my post above for Dec 5. This year I planted 100 White Emperors (aka Purissma) and 100 pink ones (Albert Heijn). The new ones are up and a buds are appearing--if the rain stops and we get some sun I think they will begin blooming in the next couple of weeks.

Tulips orphanidea (yellow-front) and T. Madame Lefeber (red-planted 2004) taken in Mar 2008--be sure to click to see red tulips