Data specific to Tulips (Edit)
Division: Div. 15: Misc. & Species (Botanical)
Registrant: unknown
Year Registered: 1952
Spring Bloom Season: Mid-season
Special Classifications: Single-flowered
Historic
Awards: RHS - AGM - Award of Garden 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: 4 - 6 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Sulphur-yellow flushed with orange
Flower Time: Spring
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
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Other: 2011 Great Plant Picks Winner

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Common names
  • Batalin Botanical Tulip
  • Tulip
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Tulipa linifolia
  • Synonym: Tulipa batalinii

Photo Gallery
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2022-05-09
Color varies year to year.  Multiplies readily.
Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2021-04-30
Location: Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England
Date: 2022-05-14
Tulipa linifolia 'Bright Gem'
Location: Lundby, Denmark, EU
Date: 2020-05-08
Full sun
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-05-05
Location: Northern Illinois (Zone 5a)
Date: 2015-05-02
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2017-05-13
Overcast
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2017-05-12
Full sun

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