Data specific to Tulips (Edit)
Division: Div. 5: Single Late
Registrant: Krelage & Sons
Year Registered: 1891
Country of Origin: the Netherlands
Spring Bloom Season: Late
Special Classifications: Single-flowered
Historic

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
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Purple
Other: Violet-purple
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

Image
Common names
  • Single Late Tulip
  • Tulip

Photo Gallery
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2015-04-20
 With tulip Red Riding Hood; irises More Drama, Hugs from Heaven
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2013-05-06
 Purple with blue heart.
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2018-04-21
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2013-05-11
 Purple with blue heart.
Location: Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, UK. The tulip festival.
Date: 2023-04-23

Date: c. 1937
photo ['Greuze' is bottom-left] from the 1937 catalog, Van Bourgo
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mislabeled? by scvirginia Mar 19, 2021 4:18 PM 0

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