Data specific to Tulips (Edit)
Division: Div. 15: Misc. & Species (Botanical)
Registrant: unknown
Year Registered: 1959
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: 8 - 10 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Yellow/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
  • Lady Tulip
  • Tulip

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire
Date: 2017-04-23
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-04-19

photo by: peganum
Location: Varna, Bulgaria
Date: 2020-04-12
Location: RHS Harlow Carr gardens, Yorkshire, England UK 
Date: 2017-04-23
Tulipa clusiana Cynthia
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-04-17

photo by: Salicyna
Location: Varna, Bulgaria
Date: 2020-04-12
Location: Varna, Bulgaria
Date: 2020-04-12
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2018-05-04
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2015-05-11
Faded colors after two weeks of hot weather
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