Daffodils do fine.

gladiola do well also. elephant ear, hyacinth, crocus, grape hyacinth.

The tulips that Mom planted 30+ years ago still come up and bloom every year.

Her "Flags" as she called them, I think its actually Iris, have multiplied and reproduced every year too. I thinned them a few weeks ago and gave away about 150 of them.

She also planted some multiplying bulbs that keep coming back. I think they are paper whites, I'm not sure but they look like the same.

Take a look at some of the species tulips. They TEND to be longer lived than the general hybrid. There are exceptions to every rule, but our climate tends to favor other genuses than Tulipa. Most displays here in the southeast treat them as annuals then toss them in the compost. And even if they do perennialize, voles love them in my garden.

However, I have had good luck with all the bulbs listed before my post, as well as crocosmia/montbrettias, dahlias, amarcrinum, alliums and too many others to mention. Lots of possible combinations there!

This post was edited by kitfoxdrvr on Thu, Apr 25, 13 at 16:55

I have tulips, daffodils, irises, gladiolas, Japanese and Siberian irises, hyacinths, grape hyacynths, Oriental and Asiatic lilies, dahlias, and don't know what else. I like to have something blooming all the time. But in my micro-environment, most elephant ears don't over-winter