Data specific to Tulips (Edit)
Division: Div. 13: Fosteriana (Emperor)
Year Registered: 1943
Country of Origin: the Netherlands
Spring Bloom Season: Early-Mid
Mid-season
Special Classifications: Single-flowered
Historic
Awards: RHS - AGM - Award of Garden Merit

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: 16 - 18 inches
Plant Spread: 6 - 9 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
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
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Parentage: unknown
Child plants: 4 child plants

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Common names
  • Fosteriana Tulip
  • Tulip
Also sold as:
  • White Emperor

Photo Gallery
Location: My garden, Sweden
Date: May 2017
Location: My garden, Sweden
Date: April 2017
Location: My garden, Sweden
Date: May 2017
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-03-24
Location: My garden, Sweden
Date: April 2016
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2009-04-02
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2009-04-03
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2009-04-07
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-03-24
Location: Baltimore, Ohio
Date: 2021-04-26
Location: Real Jardín Botanico de Madrid
Date: 2018-04-08
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-04-30
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2009-03-31
Location: Real Jardín Botanico de Madrid
Location: Real Jardín Botanico de Madrid
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2015-04-28

Courtesy of RoozenGaarde/Tulips.com

Photo courtesy of Longfield gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy
Uploaded by robertduval14
Location: Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-04-23
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2016-05-23
Tulip 'Purissima' opens wide before it fades.
Location: RavenCroft Cottage
Date: 2011-05-01
Location: RavenCroft Cottage
Date: 2013-04-29
Location: RavenCroft Cottage
Date: 2013-04-29
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-10-18
Location: Keukenhof Gardens, Netherlands
Date: 2018-04-25
Listed as 'White Emperor'
Location: Keukenhof Gardens, Netherlands
Date: 2018-04-25
Listed as 'White Emperor'

Photo courtesy of Longfield gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy
Uploaded by robertduval14
Uploaded by robertduval14

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2016-05-23
The beautiful Tulip 'Purissima' opens wide as it fades.
Location: Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-04-23
Location: RavenCroft Cottage
Date: 2009-04-26
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