Data specific to Tulips (Edit)
Division: Div. 1: Single Early
Year Registered: 1700
Spring Bloom Season: Early
Special Classifications: Single-flowered
Historic

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: 10 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Rose/white
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
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

Image
Common names
  • Single Early Tulip
  • Tulip

Photo Gallery
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2010-04-12 
Pale pink color develops as bloom matures.

photo by: David J. Stang
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2010-04-13 
Pale pink color develops as bloom matures.
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2010-04-10 
Initially white.  Pale pink color develops as bloom matures.
Location: Harrogate Spring Flower Show, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2025-04-24

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