Data specific to Tulips (Edit)
Division: Div. 4: Darwin Hybrid
Registrant: Doornbosch Bros
Year Registered: 1965
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: White
Other: Opens creamy ivory yellow and matures to ivory white
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
Parentage: Sport of: Floradale

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Common names
  • Darwin Hybrid Tulip
  • Tulip

Photo Gallery
Location: Varna, Bulgaria
Date: 2019-03-30
Location: Varna, Bulgaria
Date: 2019-03-30
Location: Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, UK. The tulip festival.
Date: 2023-04-23
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Date: 2011-06-10
Taken towards the end of the plants' bloom period.
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Date: 2011-05-28
Early bloom color

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy
Comments:
  • Posted by dorab (Calgary - Zone 3a) on Nov 23, 2012 7:42 PM concerning plant:
    The blooms start as a bright yellow, and they turn whiter as they mature.

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