Data specific to Tulips (Edit)
Division: Div. 4: Darwin Hybrid
Registrant: D.W.Lefeber & Co.
Year Registered: 1945
Country of Origin: the Netherlands
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: 20 - 22 inches
Plant Spread: 6 - 9 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Red
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

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Common names
  • Darwin Hybrid Tulip
  • Tulip

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Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-03-06
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Date: 2022-04-14
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-03-13
Some of the plants wilted under unusually high temperatures (high
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-03-13

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Location: Keukenhof Gardens, Netherlands
Date: 2017-05-03
Location: Keukenhof Gardens, Netherlands
Date: 2017-05-03
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2016-05-12
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Date: 2014-10-17
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-03-24
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