Bleu Aimable

A beautiful tulip with a true blue heart.

Awesome colors in this banner, Laurie!

Wow, I've never seen a tulip with genuine blue colors. Glad to know they exist.

Great banner Laurie!

What a spectacularly beautiful insight of the interior. Never have seen that coloration before. Must be the prima donna of tulips. You've brought something new and exciting to view.

Thank you for your nice comments and likes, everyone. And acorns from HemNorth and Fleur. Bleu Aimable is a historic tulip that I tried in my garden a few years ago. I loved the blue interior, but the tulip did not last long in the garden--a couple years and it was gone. I had hoped for something more perennial, but I will try it again some day.

Seems like there is opportunity to do some breeding to produce a true blue tulip---the color genes are there!

More photos including a "broken" (virused) Bleu Aimable:
Tulip (Tulipa 'Bleu Aimable')

So pretty. The only tulips that come back more than twice seem to be Darwin hybrids and species tulip ( lots of varieties of those, mostly smaller though). I have a good stand of tulipa Lilac Wonder that comes back better every spring