Archive For Category Tulip Flowers

The tulip is one of the most famous flowers. Often, you have heard about the summers in Holland. Tulips are everywhere and they are a wonderful and historic site. As for the tulips that you can grow in your backyard, you’ll find that there are over a 100 species. You’ll also notice that they are planted by bulb.

They are expensive at times, but often, you’ll find that the bulbs are well priced. When you see the expensive prices, you have to understand that they are probably hybrids, so that you get unusual colors and looks. As for the tulip, it is famous all over the world. They are well-known to be found throughout Europe, North Africa, Asia, China, and even in Iran. These particular plants are timeless.

They can be used in a casual potting garden or you can place them as a border along the house or sidewalk. You’ll find that many people use the flower as a border, because they bring color and have a lot of greenery.
The larger forms work equally well bedded out in dramatic patterns or tucked in the openings between clumps of perennials such as Lady's Mantle, Hardy Geranium, or Pulmonaria. Bearded Irises also make good companions for Tulips because they both enjoy good drainage and hot summers. The Tulips disappear before the Irises take the stage; they receive full sun and no distraction from dying Tulip foliage.

Perennial TulipsIn years of trials, we've identified a series of Darwin Hybrid Tulips that provides up to five years of splendid bloom, with bud counts actually increasing for the first three years. To assure optimum success with this remarkable strain, we recommend the basics of good Tulip culture: Deep planting, a regular spring and fall feeding with a bulb fertilizer, deadheading after bloom, allowing the leaves to yellow before removing, and minimal watering in summer. Your reward will be a display that will ignite your spring garden for years.

Impression TulipsA well-known and well-loved Darwin Hybrid Tulip called 'Pink Impression' gave rise to this exciting series with identical heights, bloom times, and vigor. Choose you favorite, create your own combinations, or purchase our mixture. You can't go wrong, as they will give up to five years of color.

Double TulipsThe long-lasting, semidouble to double flowers of these double Tulips bear a striking resemblance to double Peonies. All are good for bedding, and some are excellent for forcing. To use this group in your garden, throw away all your preconceptions about planting Tulips and start with a fresh look at each variety. You will be amazed with the results.

Lily-flowered TulipsIn profile, this group of Lily-flowered Tulips is very distinctive and elegant, with graceful stems bearing single flowers with pointed, reflexed petals. These late bloomers are excellent for bouquets.

Species TulipsThese diminutive beauties harken back to the very first Tulips, the little bulbs that have given rise to all the big showy hybrids. If given good drainage, the species come back year after year; they're by far the best Tulips for naturalizing. They are also excellent for rock gardens, the front of borders, and forcing. Most are suitable for heirloom gardens.

Greigii TulipsThese reliably perennial Tulips have lovely purple-mottled or striped foliage that is attractive before the flowers appear and even after they are gone. The flowers are chalice-shaped, opening wide on sunny days to reveal the interior colors. These exceptionally brilliant Tulips are much loved in Europe for creating vivid but compact displays. They bloom early to midseason, so they make perfect companions for midseason Daffodils, Anemones, and Hyacinths. Good for bedding and for forcing, as well.

Parrot TulipsThe feathery-edged blooms are heavily fringed and scalloped. Parrots make stunning cut flowers that are as sure to provoke admiration now as they did when they Old Masters were painting them. Because the flowers are so big and full, they need protection from wind and heavy ran. Most are mutations from Single Late and Triumph Tulips.

Triumph TulipsThe Triumph Tulips make up the largest group of Tulips and the one that offers the widest range of colors. All have medium-length stems. Triumphs are best used for forcing and short-term bedding. They are also good in containers, if protected from freezing in areas colder than Zone 7.