Data specific to Tulips (Edit)
Division: Div. 2: Double Early
Year Registered: 1981
Country of Origin: the Netherlands
Spring Bloom Season: Early
Special Classifications: Double-flowered
Good Forcer

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 - 12 inches
Plant Spread: 6 - 9 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Yellow and red
Other: vivid yellow w/ blood red streaks and flames
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: Offsets
Bulbs
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Parentage: Sport of: Monte Carlo

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Common names
  • Double Early Tulip
  • Tulip

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Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-03-19
Location: Northeast, Ohio
Date: 2009-05-07
This is what happens when you overbuy!
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2010-03-19
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-04-13
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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2015-04-28
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2019-05-14
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2015-04-28
Location: Colorado
Date: April 22, 2006
photo by: MECU
Location: Youngstown
Location: central Illinois
Date: 4-7-11
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-04-10
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Location: Potomac MD
Date: 2019-04-21

photo credit: MECU
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-04-10

Courtesy of RoozenGaarde/Tulips.com
Location: Centennial Park Conservatory, Toronto, ON, Canada
Date: 2013-03-16
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-04-08
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Photo courtesy of Longfield gardens
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Photo courtesy of Longfield gardens
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photo credit: Andrei Korzun
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-04-25
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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-11-06
Location: Sun Z6a
Date: 2010-04-24
Location: mid-TN
Date: 2017-03-24
My very favorite tulip. Great way to brighten up my spring!
Location: mid-TN
Date: 2017-03-24
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Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Oct 27, 2011 2:35 AM concerning plant:
    Long lasting bloom. At 10 to 12" ideal to force indoors over winter. Heavenly scent!
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