The main problem are the seeds if a tulip produce seeds they consume a giant amount of energy so the new bulb (the old one dies) is not flowering size and will normally not flower This is why bulb-growers take out the flower just after colouring just for saving energy I am in Normandy and we have wet summers here tulips flower every year with fertiliser and taking out the seed-pods Roland 2012/7/18 Jim McKenney <jamesamckenney@verizon.net>: > I'm pretty sure DFW and Houston don't have much in common climate wise. Houston is down on the coast and has rain throughout the year. I would not call it a Mediterranean climate. And hot wet soil and tulips are not a recipe for success. -- R de Boer La Maugardiere 1 F 27260 EPAIGNES FRANCE Phone./Fax 0033-232-576-204 Email: bulborum@gmail.com