Jim Waddisk asked > I am wondering if anyone has similar experience with Tulips > that are stoloniferous and run about the garden. I clearly NEED > MORE of these and am open to suggestions. I have tried T. sprengeri > repeatedly after hearing of its weedy self seeding tendencies, but > it has had no willingness to run amok in my garden conditions. Tulipa sylvestris, which I think is hardy enough for Jim's area, is stoloniferous. Tulipa sprengeri does not self-sow for me in Oregon, but I collect the seed and grow it easily in pots for moving to the garden later. I think T. clusiana is also a spreader, at least it was in my mother's garden in California, but it may not be so cold-hardy. I have a tulip from the Archibalds' collections in western Iran, which I have tentatively identified as Tulipa montana, and it increases fast in the bulb house; I'll probably try it outside next year. I have written a review of "The Genus Tulipa" by Diana Everett for our newsletter, The Bulb Garden. This volume in the Kew Monographs series is beautifully produced but, as detailed in the forthcoming review, does not clarify the classification as much as one would hope. Still, it should be in the library of anyone with a strong interest in species Tulipa. Jane McGary Portland, Oregon, USA