Tulip
Tulipa spp.
Tulip agenensis ZE by MathKnight (CC BY 3.0)
Full Sun
Easy care
Moderate watering
Frost Hardy
H4
RHS hardiness
-10°C
Minimum temperature
Expected size
Height | Spread | |
|---|---|---|
60cm | Max | 15cm |
50cm | Min | 10cm |
3 years to reach maturity
Flowering
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spring
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summer
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autumn
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winter
This plant has no fragrance
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Tulip Overview
Tulipa is a genus more commonly known as Tulip. It contains flowering bulbs valued in beds and borders for their bright colours in early spring. They are indigenous to mountainous areas with temperate climates, where they are a common element of steppe and winter-rain Mediterranean vegetation. Tulips thrive in climates with long, cool springs and dry summers. Tulips are most commonly found in meadows, steppes and chaparral, but also introduced in fields, orchards, roadsides and abandoned gardens. For horticultural purposes, tulips are divided into groups according to their flower characteristics. The groups are: Single early, Double early, Triumph, Darwin, Single late, Lily-flowered, Fringed, Viridiflora, Rembrandt, Parrot, Double late, Kaufmanniana, Fosteriana, Greigii and Miscellaneous groups.
Common problems with Tulip
Can suffer from Tulip fire and bulb rot diseases. Squirrels may dig up and eat the bulbs.
Tulip Companion Plants
How to harvest Tulip
Flowers and bulbs are harvested for the cut flower and gardening industries.
How to propagate Tulip
Division
Divide bulbs when dormant. A new small bulblet will take three years to develop into a flowering bulb.
Seed
Many hybrids have been developed by crossing special traits - sow seed in Autumn and keep moist.
Bulbs
Bulbs need to be planted pointed end up, 10 to 15 cm deep (4 to 6") in the colder months of late autumn.
Special features of Tulip
Pot plant
Tulips make beautiful potted flowers. Plant in well draining potting medium in enough sunlight to promote flowering. Plant close together for a stunning show.
Attracts useful insects
Bees are attracted to the flowers.
Indoor plant
Can be grown indoors, place in high light areas but limit direct sunlight to early mornings.
Drought resistant
Survive dry summers in bulb form.
Attractive flowers
Other uses of Tulip
This easy bulb can be planted in containers for spring displays or scattered through borders for a naturized look. It's elegant appearance can provide architectural in urban courtyard gardens as well as bank or slopes of informal gardens.
Ornamental
Grown for their colourful flowers.
Floristry
Grown commercially for the cut flower industry.
