Tulipa tarda
More tulips from my garden and this time it is the Tulipa tarda. I find it very pretty in it's simplicity. Have you got an English name for it? I'm sure you have this tulip in the northern states of US, Canada and GB.
The plant is about 10-20 cm tall (up to 8 inches), dark green stem, 3-7 light green leaves that froms a rosette. The flowers are quite small up to 5 cm in diameter,
Showing posts with label botanical tulips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label botanical tulips. Show all posts
Friday, May 14, 2010
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Flower of the month of May - Tulipa
Botanical Tulips vs. Hybrids
Tulips in bloom, what a joy!
Most of my tulips are botanical tulips I find them so very attractive, small and pretty, perhaps not as 'fancy' as the tall hybrid cultivars but they are just the way I like them. Another positive thing about the species tulips are that they are early, most of the hybridized are in bloom much later and then after they flowered I
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