Data specific to Tulips (Edit)
Division: Div. 3: Triumph
Year Registered: 1968
Country of Origin: the Netherlands
Spring Bloom Season: Mid-season
Special Classifications: Single-flowered

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height: 14 - 18 inches
Plant Spread: 6 - 9 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Bi-Color: White and purple
Other: Ivory white with small purple edge and blush; sometimes looking mostly white and other times with lots of lavender streaks and flecks
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Cut Flower
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: Takes about 6 years from seed to flower.
Propagation: Other methods: Bulbs
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Triumph Tulip
  • Tulip

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Location: Northeast, Ohio
Date: 2010-04-28
Location: My garden
Date: April 14, 2017
Location: My garden, Sweden
Date: May 2017
Location: My garden, Sweden
Date: May 2017
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: April 21, 2021
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2020-03-26
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2016-04-05
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2020-03-24
Location: Keukenhof Gardens, Netherlands
Date: 2017-05-03
Location: southeast Ohio
Date: 2017-04-05
Location: Anna Paulowna, Netherlands
Date: 2018-04-28
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2020-03-26
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2020-03-26
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2019-10-17

photo by: Audrey from Central Pennsylvania, USA
Location: southeast Ohio
Date: 2016-04-17
Location: Garden
Date: 2018-05-05
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2-2-20
Location: Canada
Date: 2013-05-23
Shirley

Photo courtesy of: Ivo Antusek

Photo courtesy of: Ivo Antusek
Location: Keukenhof Gardens, Netherlands
Date: 2017-05-03

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Date: 2011-05-10
Tulip Shirley
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2016-04-12
Location: Anna Paulowna, Netherlands
Date: 2018-04-28
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2016-04-13
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