Data specific to Tulips (Edit)
Division: Div. 15: Misc. & Species (Botanical)
Spring Bloom Season: Mid-late
Special Classifications: Multiflowering
Awards: RHS - AGM - Award of Garden Merit

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 8 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Other: Up to 5 blooms on a flower stalk
Flower Color: White
Other: with yellow center
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
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Other: 2011 Great Plant Picks Winner

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Common names
  • Species Tulip
  • Turkestan Tulip
  • Tulip

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Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2023-04-04

Date: 2022-04-21
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2023-04-08
Location: From my garden. Poland.
Date: 2019-04-06
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2023-04-08
Location: Alpine Garden Society show, Hexham UK
Date: 2022-03-26

photo credit: Yuriy75

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Date: 2022-04-21

photo credit: Yuriy75
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Nov 2, 2011
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2016-04-28
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2016-06-07
Location: Real Jardín Botanico de Madrid
Date: 2018-04-08

Date: 2012-03-19
Location: My garden, Tyne and Wear, England, UK 
Date: 18 March 2022
Tulip turkestanica
Location: Wallington Hall, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2015-03-27
On the sale bench

photo credit: Yuriy75
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2017-04-21
On a cold, cloudy day

Date: 2012-03-19

Date: 2012-03-19

Date: 2012-03-19
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2013-05-05
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MrsBinWY On February 5, 2017 Seeds sown
per TC: 2-4 weeks @ 64-71 degrees; 4-6 weeks @ 24-39 degrees;41-53 degrees for germination; coffee filter in baggy; 50 seeds from 2016 garden; moved to fridge 3-10-17; jugged 4-15-17
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