Data specific to Tulips (Edit)
Division: Div. 15: Misc. & Species (Botanical)
Spring Bloom Season: Mid-season
Special Classifications: Single-flowered
Notes: AM-RHS 1989
Awards: RHS - AM - Award of Merit

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: 6 - 8 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Other: with steel blue base
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
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

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Common names
  • Tulip
  • Blue Star Tulip
Also sold as:
  • Tulipa 'Albocaerulea-oculata'
  • Tulipa 'Albocaerulea Oculata'
  • Tulipa 'Albo Caerulea Oculata'

Photo Gallery
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2015-03-19
at sunset
Location: Alpine Garden Society show, Hexham UK
Date: 2008-03-29
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2015-03-19
same flower with me blocking the sun
Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2013-04-28
Purple/blue center
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2023-04-27
Tulip (Tulipa humilis 'Alba Coerulea Oculata').
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2008-04-22
Location: Critter's garden in Frederick MD
Date: 2013-04-18
The center medallion really, truly is this bluer than blue color,
Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2013-05-02
Vivid blue center on this lone bub.
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2009-04-03
Photo by dirtdorphins
Location: Varna, Bulgaria
Date: 2021-04-11
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2009-03-26
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2015-03-19

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Comments:
  • Posted by Trish (Grapevine, TX - Zone 8a) on May 12, 2022 5:56 AM concerning plant:
    Grows only 6 to 8 inches tall, producing exquisite white flowers with steel blue centers in mid-spring.
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Beautiful by eclayne Mar 30, 2015 7:32 AM 1

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