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In horticulture, tulips are divided up into fifteen groups (Divisions) mostly based on flower morphology and plant size:-
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Single Early Tulips are much used for growing in bowls or for forcing but are also valuable for planting outside when they will usually flower about mid-April, but varying with the season and also with their variety. Among the best are: |
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Flower colour and details from Collins Guide to Bulbs by Patrick M. Synge. Published in 1961 and Reprinted in 1973. ISBN 0 00 214016-0 |
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Deep yellow, tall, large flowers. |
Bellona Tulip has masses of beautiful fragrant gold cup-shaped flowers at the ends of the stems in early spring, which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its sword-like leaves remain green in color throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant. |
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One of the earliest to flower. Dwarf. Bright red with a large flower. Much used for forcing |
Brilliant star tulip produces bright vermilion flowers. |
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Deep Crimson, large globular flowers |
Cup-shaped Triumph tulips are the largest and probably most important group of tulips. They resulted from crossing Single Early and some of the late tulips. They offer the widest possible variety of colours, pastel shades, and colour combinations. Having sturdy stems of medium tall sizes makes them reliable for mid-spring, unpredictable weather. Their blooming time is quite long in a garden bed, they are also excellent as cut flowers thanks to their long life in vases. Triumph tulips are probably the best for indoor forcing. |
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An outstanding variety, glowing velvety crimson-red with a dusky grey bloom on outside. Always conspicuous and much to be recommended, well named. |
First introduced in 1845, Couleur Cardinal is scarlet-red, flushed plum. No other red Single Early Tulip can compare to the rich, dark coloration of this stunning heirloom. (It is also one of the best potting tulips to force for Easter.) Plus, it is fragrant! What more could one ever ask of a bulb. Tulip Class: Single Early. Bulb size: 12 cm/up. Mid-April. HZ: 3-8. 12". "Full Sun. Height 12-24 inches (30-60 cms). Use in flower beds, edging, Containers and as cut flowers." from Gardenia. |
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Form English: Tulipa cultivar 'Couleur Cardinal' (Lily-flowered Group) in the Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna. |
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White, large flower and good for early forcing. |
A beautiful pure white tulip on short, sturdy stems which will hold their own even in exposed areas. This variety is very sophisticated and elegant looking. Diana grows to 25cm and flowers March/April. Beautiful beside contrasting Single Early varieties such as Purple Prince or Merry Christmas, or as part of a white border with a range of Tulips. We recommend choosing a sunny location and planting the bulbs around 10-15cm deep in well-drained, fertile soil. Top size 11/12cm bulbs supplied for best results. |
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Bright orange suffused with gold. Tall stems and much to be recommended. Sometimes listed as 'De Wet'. |
Luminous orange suffused with gold, large flower, fragrant. Heirloom 1904. Recommended for forcing. |
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Bright scarlet, broadly edged with yellow. Conspicuus but not a good mixer with other plants. A large flower. |
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"SINGLE EARLY TULIPS These are the tulips most generally used for bedding. They vary in height from about 10 to 16 in., but the very tall ones should be avoided unless the garden is sheltered from strong winds. Lift the bulbs each year when the foliage has died down, and ripen them off in a reserve bed. Single earlies seldom make good bulbs again under two years, so it is as well to buy fresh stock each year.
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"Getting Tulips to Last For a start, you need to be in USDA Zone 7 or colder. Next, keep them dry in summer (as in their native homes). Try planting a few where you never water-or near a thirsty shrub or tree-and see how well they return. Beyond that, basics include well-drained soil, good sun, regular fertilizing, and letting the foliage ripen to yellow. Some authorities recommend deep planting (to 12 inches), especially in the South, but six to eight inches is usually deep enough. Another age-old method involves digging them up every summer, storing them in a cool, dry spot, and replanting them in the fall. This also allows you to increase your stock by separating the offset bulbs. Some varieties simply last better, such as the single earlies, species, single lates, and lily-flowereds. In general, old varieties perennialize better because they were bred for gardens rather than as commercial pot flowers or for the cut-flower trade, as most modern tulips have been." from Horticulture Magazine - |
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" Originally established in Wakefield Yorkshire England in 1836 by local tulip fanciers and enthusiasts, we now have supporters and members from many parts of the UK, and several countries around the world. We are an old florist's society dedicated to growing and showing tulips, but particularly the English Florists' Tulip. Many of the tulip varieties that we grow date back to the 1800's, and we maintain the traditional strict standards of Form, Purity and Colour set down by the early florists. The English Florists' Tulip is distinguished by flamed and feathered markings caused by Tulip Breaking Virus, highly valued during Tulipomania. English Florists' Tulips had their peak of popularity in the early Nineteenth Century, with many florist's societies growing the tulip and other florist's flowers like the ranunculus, carnation, anemone and the auricula, when standards of what represented a good flower were first laid down. Since then the number of tulip societies has declined, and when the Royal National Tulip Society closed in 1936, our society held the last remaining tulip shows in Britain. The English Florists' Tulip has to conform to certain strict standards, particularly in having a shape like half a hollow ball, and having a base colour cleanly white or yellow, on top of which the darker colour is overlaid. The attractive markings on some of the flowers exhibited arise from infection with tulip breaking virus of the bulb from which the flower grows. The markings have been known about since the days of Tulipomania in the Seventeenth Century, when livelihoods were gambled on the values of individual bulbs. During the 1930's, Tulip Breaking Virus was discovered to be the cause. The flowers do not seem to suffer from infection: one of the oldest cultivars known to us is Habit de Noce (Wedding Coat), dating from the 1790's, and still grown by Society members today. Breeder, flamed, feathered forms
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Ivydene Gardens Tulip Bulb Gallery: |
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Bulb Height from Text Border |
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Green = 8-12 inches (20-30 cms) |
Magenta = 12-16 inches (30-40 cms) |
Red = 16-20 inches (40-50 cms) |
Black = 20-24 inches (50-60 cms) |
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Bulb Soil Moisture from Text Background |
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Click on thumbnail to change to the Tulip Description Page of the Tulip named in the Text box below that photo. |
TULIP BULB GALLERY PAGES |
PETAL COLOUR |
FOLIAGE COLOUR |
TULIP CLASSIFICATION DIVISION OF UK |
SEED COLOUR BED PICTURES |
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7 Flower Colours per Month in Colour Wheel below in BULB, CORM, RHIZOME and TUBER GALLERY. Click on Black or White box in Colour of Month. |
Tulip - a plant with a large, brightly coloured, bell-shaped flower on a stem that grows from a bulb, or the flower itself. |
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Besides the above Bulb Flower Colour Comparison Pages, you also have the following Comparison Pages:- |
BULB, CORM, RHIZOME AND TUBER INDEX - There are over 700 bulbs in the bulb galleries. The respective flower thumbnail, months of flowering, height and width, foliage thumbnail, form thumbnail use and comments are in the relevant index page below:- |
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A tulip classification code can be created as follows:- Division Number, Flowering Season, Height in inches and Main Flower Colour. So Tulipa 'Apeldoorn' 4L24R is:-
Elegant Tulip Bulbs has lists of tulips in the following colours:-
See Introduction Page for details on Tulipa Divisions In the Index below there are
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Tulipa Division 2: Double Early |
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Tulipa Division 3: Triumph |
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Tulipa Division 4: Darwin Tulips |
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Tulipa Division 4: Darwin Hybrids |
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May,June After flowering dead-head and apply a balanced liquid fertiliser each week for the first month. Once the foliage has died down naturally lift the bulbs and store in a cool greenhouse. |
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Darwin Group Hybrid tulip suitable for bedding, naturalizing, pots and good for cut flowers. |
Upright, Stemless Form. This can be planted with wall flowers (Erysimum cheiri or Cheiranthus) and Anemone to give a long flowering and beautiful spring display unsurpassed in colour and scent. |
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Tulipa Division 5: Single Late |
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Tulipa Division 6: Lily-flowered |
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Tulipa Division 10: Parrot |
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Tulipa Division 11: Double Late or Peony-flowered |
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Grey-green with wavy red margins |
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Tulipa tarda 15M6MC |
White with Yellow |
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Shiny bright green |
Grow in rock garden and keep dry in the summer. |
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Tulipa turkestanica 15E12W |
White |
March, April |
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Grey-Green |
Suitable for a rock garden. Keep dry in summer dormancy. |
Upright and Stemless Forms with star-shaped flowers. Readily self-seeds and naturalizes an area. |
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Tulipa urumiensis 15M6Y |
Yellow |
April, May |
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Glaucous Mid-Green |
Tulip suitable for a rock garden. Keep dry in summer dormancy. |
Upright and Stemless Forms, slightly fragrant, star-shaped flowers. It certainly can naturalize if given an ideal location in full sun and not too damp during dormancy. If conditions don't quite permit it to naturalize, it will at least perennialize, returning each spring for many years. |
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Tulipa violacea 15E10MC |
Violet-Purple |
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Glaucous Grey-Green |
Suitable for a rock garden. Keep dry in summer dormancy. Excellent for potsand look ideal mixed with other mid-spring delicate bulbs such as anemones and the smaller fritillaries in a border. Tulips make supreme cut flowers. Strip the bottom leaves, tie the stems in paper and soak for 8 hours. This helps keep the stems straight. |
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"Flames and Feathers Wakefield and North of England Tulip Society April 2012 Paperback 128pp 16.5 x 22.5 cm Colour photographs A new publication produced by the Wakefield and North of England Tulip Society. This is a comprehensive guide for all those interested in growing and showing English Florist's Tulips and is a significant update on the society's previous publications. The book includes many new colour photographs to aid identification and also has sections on the history of the society, science and art. An attractive new feature is the timeline that runs through the whole book outlining notable people and events in the society's history." Publication by Wakefield and North of England Tulip Society - Shows & Events |
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"In horticulture, tulips are divided up into fifteen groups (Divisions) mostly based on flower morphology and plant size:-
They may also be classified by their flowering season:-
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Site design and content copyright ©April 2012. It is popular to restore gardens with heirloom flower bulbs that may have been included in one's grandparent's gardens. The varieties of heirloom flower bulbs included in this listing all predate the 1930s and are horticulturally viable. |
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"Getting Tulips to Last For a start, you need to be in USDA Zone 7 or colder. Next, keep them dry in summer (as in their native homes). Try planting a few where you never water-or near a thirsty shrub or tree-and see how well they return. Beyond that, basics include well-drained soil, good sun, regular fertilizing, and letting the foliage ripen to yellow. Some authorities recommend deep planting (to 12 inches), especially in the South, but six to eight inches is usually deep enough. Another age-old method involves digging them up every summer, storing them in a cool, dry spot, and replanting them in the fall. This also allows you to increase your stock by separating the offset bulbs. Some varieties simply last better, such as the single earlies, species, single lates, and lily-flowereds. In general, old varieties perennialize better because they were bred for gardens rather than as commercial pot flowers or for the cut-flower trade, as most modern tulips have been." from Horticulture Magazine - |
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Elegant Tulip Bulbs provides a great deal of information about tulips.
"When you shop for bulbs, you'll see some labeled as "good for naturalizing." This means that they can be counted on to come up year after year, and spread informally throughout your garden. are reliably perennial in habit. Plant bulbs in autumn." from The Old Farmer's Almanac in America. |
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"Flower Bulb Research Program Forcing research
New:
In the landscape
iBulb - This foundation focuses on funding activities important to the Dutch flower bulb sector: promotion, technical research and market access. It was started by Anthos in 2012. Cornell Floriculture Field Day -- Mark your calendars: August 8, 2018. Programs for floriculture professionals. View annual and perennial flower trials." by Cornell University. |
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Functional combinations in the border from the International Flower Bulb Centre in Holland:- "Here is a list of the perennials shown by research to be the best plants to accompany various flower bulbs. The flower bulbs were tested over a period of years in several perennial borders that had been established for at least three years. In combination with hyacinths:
In combination with tulips:
In combination with narcissi:
For narcissi, the choice was difficult to make. The list contains only some of the perennials that are very suitable for combining with narcissi. In other words, narcissi can easily compete with perennials. In combination with specialty bulbs:
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TULIPS WITH FRAGRANCE "Tulips normally are planted in home gardens for color and form, but about 15 to 20 percent of all varieties have the added bonus of being fragrant as well," said Jo-Anne van den Berg-Ohms, the fourth-generation owner of John Scheepers Beauty from Bulbs in Bantam, Connecticut. Most fragrant tulip varieties are orange or apricot in color, van den Berg-Ohms said, and they're sprinkled through all of the species divisions, from heirlooms to the more familiar, modern-day hybrids. "If you're interested in their fragrance, plant them in places that are traveled that time of year, especially near walkways," she said. "Take advantage of the fragrant varieties rather than planting them out in more distant areas." Cutting gardens would be perfect, she said, although there is one downside: "They really would have to be considered annuals then." That's because cutting off a tulip's foliage during or shortly after it blooms also cuts off its energy supply. That all but eliminates any chance it will flower for another season. "You may experience their fragrance lots more indoors as potted bulbs and cut flowers than you do out of doors, where the scent can disperse," said Sally Ferguson, a spokeswoman for the flower bulb company Colorblends.com. "Probably some of this has to do with temperature. "A single pot of 'T. Monte Carlo' will scent an entire room indoors," Ferguson said. "Same is true for a few cut stems of 'Prinses Irene'." Scott Kunst, owner and head gardener at Old House Gardens in Ann Arbor, Michigan, said few of his customers know much about the floral fragrance of tulips, although he includes information about them in his catalogs every year. "Fragrance is not a trait anyone is breeding for in tulips today, and it's elusive," said Kunst, who specializes in heirloom bulbs. Among his favorites: Prince of Austria, Apricot Beauty, Generaal de Wet, Orange Favorite, Prinses Irene, Willem van Oranje, Peach Blossom, Florentine and Elegans Alba. Some other fragrant varieties are the cherry-red miniature species Little Beauty, the double early tomato red Abba, the ivory yellow Montreaux, the unusually colored Salmon Pearl, the peony-like Black Hero and the rose-colored single late tulip variety dubbed Temple of Beauty." from Stop and smell the tulips; Some varieties, anyway by The Times |
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Bulbs for Small Garden by E.C.M. Haes. Published by Pan Books in 1967:-
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Brown= 0-12 inches (0-30 cms) |
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Green= 24-36 inches (60-90 cms) |
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Flowering months range abreviates month to its first 3 letters (Apr-Jun is April, May and June). Click on thumbnail to change this comparison page to the Plant Description Page of the Bulb named in the Text box below that photo. |