Data specific to Tulips (Edit)
Division: Div. 15: Misc. & Species (Botanical)
Registrant: Visser Czn
Year Registered: 1971
Country of Origin: the Netherlands
Spring Bloom Season: Mid-season
Special Classifications: Single-flowered
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: 6 - 8 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Lavender
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: Takes about 6 years from seed to flower.
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
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
  • Species Tulip
  • Tulip
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Tulipa saxatilis
  • Synonym: Tulipa bakeri
  • Synonym: Tulipa saxatilis subsp. bakeri

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credit: xlibber
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: May 2, 2021
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2019-04-18
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2019-04-18
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2018-04-12
Location: NC Museum of Art Raleigh
Date: 2020-03-08
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-04-30
Photo by DianeSeeds

Date: 2004-05-15

Photo courtesy of Truls Jensen and Emma Elliott of Wild Ginger Fa
Location: Historic Rose Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2018-03-08
We have Tulipa saxatilis in Hamilton Square Garden that has yet t
Location: Cornwall, England
Date: 04/15/2012
public domain photo by John Jearrard: http://www.johnjearrard.co.
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-04-30
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-05-14
Location: Fairfax, VA | October 2022
Date: 2022-10-05
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire
Date: 2017-04-23
Location: Louisville KY
Date: 2023-04-17
Tulip Lilac Wonder with Spanish Bluebells in the background, chip

Date: 2004-05-15
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2006-04-30
My Yard, zone 6
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2006-04-30
My Yard, zone 6

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
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Location: Berlin, Germany
Date: 2022-05-02
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-05-06
Location: Keukenhof Gardens, Netherlands
Date: 2018-04-25
Listed as Tulipa bakeri 'Lilac Wonder'

photo credit: Meneerke Bloem
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-05-16

Photo courtesy of Truls Jensen and Emma Elliott of Wild Ginger Fa
Location: z5a, Smith College Botanical Garden
Date: 2012-04-19
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Nov 2, 2011
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-05-07
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