Tulipa praestansA brilliant scarlet-orange, with 2–3 flowers on each stem, and possibly several flowerstalks per bulb. Flowers open wide in the sun, 4–5" across. Unlike most species tulips, these flowers are as large as the early season hybrids, on short sturdy stems. Broad medium-green leaves.
8–14" tall. Early to Mid Spring blooms, Z4-8, Topsize 10-11cm bulbs.
6765
‘Van Tubergen’s Variety’
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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.