Very colorful! Will these greigii naturalize in your climate?

Thanks, Irisgal
yes, they are longlived, as long as you plant them deep enough and dont damage them when weeding. We do get enough frost and a winter to make them go dormant without a problem.
Their color range is somewhat limited, so people often go for fancier cultivars. They are kind of old-fashioned work-horse varieties.

o, and here is a close-up

can you grow tulips in z9?

bye, Lin

Thanks for the answer Linaria. And the close-up!

I planted greigiis and kaufmannianas 17 years ago. They didn't have a chance re: naturalizing in the adobe soil.

Our winter night freezes are about 3 hrs. long for 3-4 weeks. So now that my soil is improved I'm wondering about trying greigiis again as I quite like them. If they didn't naturalize for you I knew they surely wouldn't here!

10 miles away is a colder zone 9 where peonies bloom! May have to move over the hill ;-)