[Magdalen] East coast storms

[Don Boyd]

Hereabouts our white--tailed deer don't eat them, but armadillos dig up bulbs or corms and dine upon them.  In addition to the armadillos we are also blessed with hungry raccoons and opossums (opossi?) .

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On Mar 16, 2018 11:22 AM, cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> I am not aware that there are any climates where tulips are dependably perennial  
> and come up annually true to type and cultivar.  They have to be replanted every  
> year in order for the complete color, type and form to manifest.  Even the famous 
> Dutch bulb display garden, Keukenhof, does a yearly replanting of the tulips. 
> The daffodils are a different story, and are truly perennial.  They multiply and 
> keep true to form.  And the deer don't eat them.  Remember Lady Bird Johnson 
> (the USA President Lyndon Johnson's wife), and her campaign to plant "drifts" 
> of daffodils along the freeways of Washington, DC?  Those drifts are still there 
> and larger by the year. 
>   
> On the subject of LBJ, I have read that his extramarital sexual activities 
> were quite extensive.  In those days, no one bothered to complain. 
>   
> In a message dated 3/16/2018 11:22:16 AM Eastern Standard Time, jay.weigel at gmail.com writes: 
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>   
> Tulips are more or less annuals down here rather than perennials as they 
> are in colder climes. >>>>>>>>>>>