Data specific to Tulips (Edit)
Division: Div. 10: Parrot
Registrant: Segers
Year Registered: 1954
Country of Origin: the Netherlands
Spring Bloom Season: Mid-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: 20 inches
Plant Spread: 6 - 9 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Red/white
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: Red Champion

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Common names
  • Parrot Tulip
  • Tulip
Also sold as:
  • Gay Presto

Photo Gallery
Location: My home in a container.
Date: 2017-04-23
Location: My home
Date: 2017-04-22
Location: My home
Date: 2017-04-22
Location: My Northern CA foothill home
Date: 2011-05-29
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-04-25
This one, sitting in a pot.
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2009-05-11
My yard, zone 6
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-04-24
Location: Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2019-04-21
Location: My home
Date: 2013-4-23
Location: My Northern CA foothills homehome
Date: 2013-05-02
Location: My Northern CA foothills homehome
Date: 2011-06-01

Date: 2009-05-15

photo by: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova

Photo courtesy of Longfield gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2009-05-11
My yard, zone 6
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2009-05-11
My yard, zone 6
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-05-07
Blooms are heavily red-saturated by day six, or so.

Photo courtesy of Longfield gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2011-04-30
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-05-03
In morning sunlight
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-04-03
Uploaded by chelle

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy

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