New Tulip Database

Hi guys,

For those you who are interested in growing tulips, I'd like to let you know that there is a new tulip database being compiled. I found about it through an internet search engine. I think it's goona be very useful and informative website. You can also subscribe for their free newsletter.
Here is the link:
http://www.elegant-tulip-bulbs.com/index.html

Hope that many of you would be happy to make your own contributions.

That has some very well-rounded information about tulips and their culture. I suggest its reading.
Tulipmania all over again?

Nice to see you about, old friend. I will try to reply to your mail tomorrow, (I took pictures today)
K. James

Edited to add that the database that Boyed speaks of is accessable by clicking "Tulip Catalog."

This message was edited Jan 27, 2006 12:13 AM

That is some great info! Now to find a couple of hours just to study it - only time for browsing through right now. Thanks, Boyed

Yes, thanks. I went looking at single late tulips, and included in the list were Maureen and Magazine Prima which are the ones I purchased for container planting. No data about them but perhaps when they bloom I will be able to contibrute info.

Was good to learn that there are double late tulips, if the single late do well for me, I might try to get doubles next year.

Thanks again, Boyed.

Voossner,

I have been growing the variety "Maureen" for many years and should say that it is very tall-growing!!! At least, in my garden it grows up to 44", as our climate is quite favorable for tulips. I think you'd better choose relatively shorter-growing cultivars for container planting.

Double late tulips are nice, but I would advice to have coverage for them as well to protect against heavy rains, because most of them produce heavy flowers which can be damaged by rains.

This fellow is tulip-brilliant, isn't he, folks?

ya, ya

JamesCo, about what zone do you think Vanadzor, Armenia is at? This is your geography/gardening homework for the evening, lol. I wished the whole world used the zone thing. It is so hard for me to relate otherwise.

here is a little help with your homework

http://www.mapsofworld.com/armenia/armenia-political-map.html

This message was edited Jan 30, 2006 6:57 PM

Nery;
About 4b.
Now remember who organized the whole zone thing.*
He is not too far from a couple seas as far as climate influences go, so... The coldest that they get in fair Vanadzor is about -30C. * Now do your Homework!
Kenton

Answers:
*(USDA)
*(That's -22F, kids)

K, I knew it was USDA but it's such a practical tool, UN should mandate EVERYBODY use it, lol.

4b, that's cold. brrrrrr

BTW, you get an A+

Good. Now if I can do that for the class that I'm in (Right now, as I "research" in the library!) life would be a half a drop better.

We only have -30C for couple of days in February, but not every year. The average temperature that we have in winter at nights is from -5C to -15C . For example, now the temperature here is quite warm, we have -3 to -5 C at night and +7 to +15 C in daytime.

Guys, I just want to let you know that Rob, the webmaster of www.elegant-tulip-bulbs.com, is making Member Photo Page. He's jus recently loaded the pictures of my tulips, I have mailed to him.

You can vew them going into new menu item "TULIP PHOTOS" .

You can subscribe to the site's newsletter "Tulips R Better Than None" and contribute, sending your own tulip pictures from your garden.

You can contact webmaster through the following e-mail address:
adminry@elegant-tulip-bulbs.com
as well as send your suggestions online.

Yeah, but -30C is +243 Kelvin.......that should feel better?????????

Oh, boy! My heart just sank! I'm a new gardner and do I have a lot to learn! I just briefly read about planting the bulbs and I didn't do anything to amend the soil and I don't think I even planted them deep enough. My soil is very much clay and I planted the bulbs in late summer when they came out in the stores.

It'll be a miracle if any come up. Well, chalk it up to experience.

frausnow, fall bulbs are for the most part quite tough. Mulching is helpful as it decomposes and the worms do their work, and may be enough ammending. I've read that planting a bit shallower in heavy clay soils is recommended as well. So you may well have the colorful spring you were hoping for :)

Those tulips will be normal the first year, and slowly decline to less after a few years if planted in unamended soil. You won't miss a colorful spring if you dig them out and amend the bed after they've ripened next summer.
K. James

Frausnow

Don't worry that you planted your tulips not deep enogh. Everything will be O.K. in spring when they bloom. If you plant the bulbs not so deep, you will harvest a bit smaller bulbs, but in this case they produce more daughter bulbs. Usually, it is recommended to plant tulip bulbs 3 times deeper that the size of the bulb itselt. You have nothing to worry, tulips are very hardy and netx time you will plant them as it is recommended.