Tulipa tardaStar-shaped yellow flowers with white tips, outside white lightly flushed with dusky purple. Opens wide even on grey days. Highly multi-floral, 4–6 flowers per bulb above a rosette of wavy basal leaves. Very long-lived. One of the easiest to grow, spreads readily, even on the shady north side of the house. Formerly known as Tulipa dasystemon.
4–5" tall. Mid Spring blooms, Z3-8, Topsize 7-8cm bulbs.
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Tulipa tarda
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Species Tulips
The original wild tulips from the center of tulip diversity in central Asia, and their cultivars which still have a “wild” look. Our stock is nursery-propagated from commercial sources and is not collected in the wild. Once established with good drainage, these tend to perennialize (or naturalize) unlike many of the big hybrid tulips. Most species tulips are not tall, showy or formal, but they have their own halfling charms.