Data specific to Tulips (Edit)
Division: Div. 2: Double Early
Year Registered: 1955
Spring Bloom Season: Early-Mid
Special Classifications: Double-flowered
Good Forcer
Historic
Awards: RHS - AGM - Award of Garden Merit

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: Yellow
Other: Sulphur yellow
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
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Parentage: unknown
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Common names
  • Double Early Tulip
  • Tulip

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Courtesy of RoozenGaarde/Tulips.com
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-06-04

source: Wikimedia Commons

photo credit: Anrie
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-09-06
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