Data specific to Tulips (Edit)
Division: Div. 11: Double Late
Registrant: C.M.Sneekes-Wijnke
Year Registered: 1999
Country of Origin: the Netherlands
Spring Bloom Season: 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: 16 - 18 inches
Plant Spread: 6 - 9 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Multi-Color: Orange/red/yellow; Variable
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
Parentage: Sport of: Miranda

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Common names
  • Double Late Tulip
  • Tulip
  • Peony-flowered Tulip
Also sold as:
  • Sunlover

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Date: 2022-04-26

Date: 2022-04-24
Location:  Tallinn Botanic Garden, Estonia 
Date: 2023-05-20
Location:  Tallinn Botanic Garden, Estonia 
Date: 2023-05-20
Location: Anna Paulowna, Netherlands
Date: 2018-04-28
Location: My North Yorkshire Garden
Date: 2020-04-14
Location: My North Yorkshire Garden
Date: 2020-04-14

Photo courtesy of Longfield gardens
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Location: Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England
Date: 2022-04-18
Tulip Sunlover
Location: Garden
Date: 2018-04-28
Location: Anna Paulowna, Netherlands
Date: 2018-04-28
Location: Sun zone 6
Date: 2011-05-09
Location: Sun zone 6
Date: 2011-05-13
Location: Sun zone 6
Date: 2011-05-11
This bloom darkens as it ages
Location: Garden
Date: 2018-04-20
Large, double flower, colour changes, not sure about it, I think

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
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Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy
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