Tulipa 2013

[FrazerHenderson]

Some pictures taken at Keukenhof

[FrazerHenderson]

Does anyone know of a stockist of Tulipa 'Big Smile' a stunning yellow?

[Roma]

Tulipa sprengeri

Much better this year.  Last year there was so much rain and wind most of them got botrytis and did not look good.

[Boyed]

Does anyone know of a stockist of Tulipa 'Big Smile' a stunning yellow?

I have been growing this wonderful tulip for over 10 years. Indeed, it is a stunning one, having sturdy stems and huge blooms. It is an insterpecific hybrid, triploid, cross of SLG 'Mrs. John T. Scheepers' x eichlerii 'Excelsa'. It has a striped sport, called 'Rhapsody of Smiles'. One of its best feautures is high resistance to Tulip Breaking virus.

You can loot at ts photos in my web-site:

http://tulipdatabase.narod.ru/big_smile.html

Cheers

[fermi de Sousa]

Tulipa cretica is just waking up!
Hopefully they'll open with a bit of sun later in the week,
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Fully awake now!
cheers
fermi

[FrazerHenderson]

Almost as beautiful as the natural flower: an exquisite backgammon board made by the Turquoise Mountain workshop in Kabul. The wood has been inlaid with other woods and semi-precious stones such as lapis lazuli to replicate (stylized) tulips.

[fermi de Sousa]

Frazer
they're exquiste - almost wish I could get interested in backgammon!

here's a real tulip in flower in the rock garden,
Tulipa aitchisonii ssp clusioides, AKA Tulipa clusiana "dwarf form"
cheers
fermi

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Fully awake now!
cheers
fermi

A glorious clump, Fermi !

[fermi de Sousa]

A glorious clump, Fermi !

Thanks, Luc,
here are a few more tulips in the garden
Tulipa bakeri 'Lilac Wonder' x2
Only different from Tulipa saxatilis by its less invasive habit!
Tulipa stapfii x 2

cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Tulipa tschimganica from Otto,
buds of Tulipa clusiana x2
Tulipa "the First" or 'Ancilla' - label lost by burrowing echidna
cheers
fermi

[Armin]

Fermi,
you have a fine collection of tulips - like the image of T. saxatilis.
It is one of the a very robust species for me without the need of annual lifting.

[Maggi Young]

The Open Eye Gallery has an exhibition of  the suite of eight tulip prints from the portfolio Tulips and Tulipomania by Rory McEwen (1932-1982).


From the website :  "The volume of the same title by Wilfrid Blunt featuring 16 colour plates of paintings by McEwen, of tulips grown by members of the Wakefield and North of England Tulip Society, will also be available to view.

The large format plates shown in this exhibition were printed in 1976 and are all individually signed by McEwen.  Wilfrid Blunt stated he was “perhaps the most gifted artist to pass through my hands”.  His ‘plant portraits’ are exquisite botanical recordings, combining science and art.


 Tulips : Bessie, Columbine, Habit de Noce, James Wild
            Julia Farnese, Mable, Helen Josephine, Sam Barlow - larger pix are available on the Open Eye website.

Rory McEwen was born in Scotland, and studied at Eton College and Cambridge University.  As well as a floral painter, he was a talented and influential folk musician.  McEwen’s mother Bridget Mary was the granddaughter of John Lindley, the botanist and illustrator who saved the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew from demolition in 1840.  A major exhibition of McEwen’s works, The Colours of Reality runs this year at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".
http://www.kew.org/about-kew/press-media/press-releases-kew/rory-mcewen-the-colours-of-reality.htm

[johnralphcarpenter]

Just stumbled across this! Anyone know more?

http://www.tulipessauvages.org/english_version/news/tulipa_norvegica_lieser_2011.htm

[Maggi Young]

This may be of interest, :
http://www.skogoglandskap.no/filearchive/blyttia_201301tulipanorwegica.pdf