Data specific to Tulips (Edit)
Division: Div. 5: Single Late
Registrant: E. H. Krelage & Son
Year Registered: 1916
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: 24 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Lavender
Other: Silvery lilac; steel lilac-blue; lavender-mauve
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: Offsets
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
  • Tulip
  • Single Late Tulip
Also sold as:
  • Blue Aimable

Photo Gallery
Location: My garden
Date: May 15, 2018
Example of a "broken" 'Bleu Aimable' bloom. The color break is ca
Location: My garden
Date: May 19, 2018
Location: My garden
Date: May 27, 2017
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2013-05-11
 Purple with blue heart.
Location: Varna, Bulgaria
Date: 2019-04-26
Location: Varna, Bulgaria
Date: 2020-04-17
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2013-05-11
 Purple with blue heart.
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2013-05-10
 Purple with blue heart.
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2013-05-15
 One bloom was very small. Cute!

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
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Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissio
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