Data specific to Tulips (Edit)
Division: Div. 14: Greigii
Year Registered: 1980
Spring Bloom Season: Mid-season
Mid-late
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: 10 inches
Leaves: Variegated
Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Multi-Color: Red, white, and yellow
Other: Candy-cane striped red and ivory with interior lemon yellow base
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
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
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Tulip

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Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2015-03-28
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2015-03-28
Location:  Tallinn Botanic Garden, Estonia 
Date: 2023-05-20
Location: My Gardens
Date: April 25, 2008
Overhead View
Location: Halls of Heddon, Newcastle UK
Date: 2022-04-13
Location: My garden, Skåne, Sweden
Location: Keukenhof, Lisse, Netherlands
Date: 2019-04-09
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-04-08
at sunset
Location: My Gardens
Date: April 28, 2013
Early, Easy & Always Colorful
Location: My Gardens
Date: April 23, 2011
Closed Buds Before Sunlight
Location: My Gardens
Date: April 29-14
Makes A Nice Clump
Location: Southern Michigan
Date: April
Location: Halls of Heddon, Newcastle UK
Date: 2022-04-13
Location: Southern Michigan
Date: April
Flower closes on overcast days
Location: Botanical Garden of the Technical University Delft
Date: 2019-04-15
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-02-18
Location: My Gardens
Date: April 9, 2010
Two Open Blooms
Location: Keukenhof, Lisse, Netherlands
Date: 2019-04-09
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-01-29
Photo by robertduval14
Photo by robertduval14
Location: Amidon Garden in Winston-Salem NC
Date: 2015-03-30
eye catching with Muscari 'Dark Eyes'
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... and what's the other plant? by lovesblooms Mar 31, 2015 12:29 PM 3

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