Inspite of planting them in clay not nearly deep enough and not giving them enough water and then digging them up and tossing them in the compost pile they still came up. What am I talking about you ask. And well you should, I'm talking about the tulips I bought from Brecks last year. I don't remember the exact types but of the five I abused lately I now have about 8 sprouts and I am so please. I'm going to have to look through last years posts and see what type they were and add them to my 2006 garden plan. I can't believe they survived but they did. YAHOO!!!