Tulipa 2015

[johnralphcarpenter]

Some garden tulips. The first one is 'Abu Hassan'.

[johnralphcarpenter]

...and finally.

[fermi de Sousa]

One of these is supposed to be Tulipa bakeri 'Lilac Wonder' and one Tulipa saxatilis. I can't tell the difference.

Hi Ralph,
If it "runs" and produces lots of leaves and few flowers it's likely to be T. saxatilis!
cheers
fermi

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Great show, Ralph !!

Tulipa ferganica - love it when closed.

Tulipa aucheriana - very compact

Tulipa altaica

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Some more !

Tulipa vvedenskyi - love the curled leaf of this form.

Tulipa tetraphylla

[David Nicholson]

Lovely tulips folks. They last no time at all in my windy garden.

[Chris Johnson]

... windy garden.

 

[David Nicholson]

Yeh, OK then, breezy

[johnralphcarpenter]

Very nice tulips, Luc.

[Maggi Young]

Yeh, OK then, breezy

Give the number of times your garden fence has taken off in the past, David, I was prepared to go with windy!

[David Nicholson]

All things are relative I suppose Maggi, on a day when I have a couple of fence panels, delivered this morning, to fix to replace two blown into next doors garden just before Christmas.

[Maggi Young]

All things are relative I suppose Maggi, on a day when I have a couple of fence panels, delivered this morning, to fix to replace two blown into next doors garden just before Christmas.

 I rest my case.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Back to tulips. A few from a couple of days ago, before I was struck down by this bug which makes me feel like death warmed up.

Tulipa sosnowskyi and Tulipa vvedenskyi.

[johnralphcarpenter]

I bought this as Tulipa albertii but I'm told it isn't.

[johnralphcarpenter]

I bought this as Tulipa aitchisonii var. clusianoides, which clearly it isn't. I also bought Tulipa sarracenica from the same supplier, so a label mix-up seems likely.

Update 7th May: Supplier thinks it may be T. linifolia.