Data specific to Tulips (Edit)
Division: Div. 11: Double Late
Spring Bloom Season: Mid-late
Late
Special Classifications: Double-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: 22 inches
Plant Spread: 6 - 9 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Red
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: one child plant

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Common names
  • Double Late Tulip
  • Peony-flowered Tulip
  • Tulip

Photo Gallery
Location: My garden 
Date: 2022-04-12
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: My garden 
Date: 2022-04-12
Miranda
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-04-11
Location: Zone 6b. 
Date: 2023-04-30
Wind-snapped stem, so rescued and placed indoors.
Location: Zone 6b. 
Date: 2023-04-27
Very round head, beginning to get red prior to opening
Location: Zone 6b. 
Date: 2023-04-27
Non mature bloom getting more and more red prior to opening.
Location: Zone 6b. 
Date: 2023-05-01

photo by: Pharaoh Hound
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-05-09
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-27
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-04-08
The flowerheads continue to get bigger, and bigger!
Location: Keukenhof Gardens, Netherlands
Date: 2018-04-25
Location: Keukenhof Gardens, Netherlands
Date: 2018-04-25
Uploaded by gemini_sage
Uploaded by gemini_sage
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-04-10
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-04-02
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-06-12
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-06-11
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-06-04

Courtesy of RoozenGaarde/Tulips.com
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-28
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-28
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-28
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chelle On October 3, 2014 Transplanted
Ash tree bed - two places, E of tree and far NW end.
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