Tulipa 2016

[Robert]

Hi Fermi,

Lovely Tulipa clusiana. In our garden they not only wander around, but they also seed about (and cross with each other) too. We are 6 months off on sharing any photographs of them.

Our Sacramento garden gets shady if I am not diligent with pruning during the winter (summer too for that matter). The tulips will be quite happy when I finally provide more sun for them during the winter pruning season.

Calochortus season is coming up for you. I look forward to see what you have this season. I have a few others for you to try - I am just proceeding sooooo slowly this year.   At least they are all safe until I finally get around to cleaning them up.

Cheers!

[fermi de Sousa]

Nice to hear from you, Robert.
We rarely get any seed on our tulips - maybe we don'y have the right pollinators?
I've raised some tulips from seed but they do take ages! Good to know about the calochortus seed
Here's Tulipa saxatilis on its march across the world! The last one is on the other side of a 3 foot-wide rock path from the main clump!
cheers
fermi

[Robert]

Fermi,

We do not get seed on any of our Tulipa species unless I hand pollinate them. The one exception is T. clusiana. They always set seed for us without any effort on my part. T. clusiana  seedlings always seem to come on much more quickly for us too. I have seedlings of other species (and my own hybrids too) that are 5 + years old. No flowers yet.    (I am still waiting!) For us seedlings of T. clusiana would already be blooming. In the past all of our tulips were grown at the farm where there is plenty of winter chill (at least until recently there was    ). Now that the bulk of our tulips are in Sacramento I may need to pre-chill them - something I rather not do.     

Anyway, thank you for sharing everything.

[fermi de Sousa]

Tulipa greigii (most likely 'Red Riding Hood') in the rock garden,
cheers
fermi

[Jupiter]

Tulipa hageri and Tulipa aucheriana

[fermi de Sousa]

Hii Jamus,
your "hageri" looks to be the hybrid 'Little Princess' (between T. hageri and T. humilis or T. kurdica depending on who you reference).
We've discussed it in the past and Armin pointed out to me the differences,
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=4955.msg169845#msg169845 see reply 373
cheers
fermi

[Jupiter]

Hi Fermi yes you are right. I knew that because I bought it as that, but I hate calling it little princess, so I shortened it to hageri. Should have known I wouldn't get away with that kind of inaccuracy here.    thanks for the link, interesting reading... I am enjoying learning about these Tulips and will no doubt drag more in to the garden over time.

[fermi de Sousa]

Tulipa clusiana & T.greigii in the rock garden;
Tulipa clusiana close-up with bees;
Tulipa 'White Liberstar'
Tulipa clusiana ex 'Tinka' SRGC seedex 2007;
Tulipa stapfi
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Tulipa albertii (some Forumists have questioned this ID and have suggested that it is T. vvedenskyi)
cheers
fermi

[vanozzi]

Help please!!
I have two plants that seem to my inexperienced eye to be identical, except for pollen colour.

One has always been referred by me as Hageri ''Little Beauty'' and has yellow pollen, the other seems identical, and of course has no tag,but has dark pollen.Both the same height and are flowering now, ''Little Beauty'' opened a day before the other.All plants are in the same deep polystyrene box.

Over on the PBS pages they have a tulip that resembles my dark pollen clone and carries the name Pulchella.
Thanks

[Otto Fauser]

Hello Paul,
your 2 tulips are both Tulipa pulchella 'Little Beauty', which is the correct name . It is one of my favorite tulips and much easier to grow and flower than the species pulchella , as our winters here are not cold enough .

[vanozzi]

Thanks for that clarification Otto.It too, is one of my favorites.
I have crossed one with the other,and each of the others with aucheriana, as well as aucheriana selfed.Have seedlings not too far off from flowering, but not in good numbers.

[fermi de Sousa]

A T.vvedenskyi x T. greigii hybrid originally from Janis via Marcus Harvey; nicely marked foliage; not sure if this has a varietal name;
A seedling ex Tulipa clusiana 'Lady Jane' which isn't as deeply coloured on the exterior;
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Tulipa clusiana 'Cynthia', flowering this morning;
Tulipa 'Little Princess' (only starting now over here);
Tulipa vvedenskyi  (from RHS 1998 - back when they would send seed to Australia!);
Tulipa aucheriana, again a few weeks behind Jamus' garden;
Tulipa 'Cape Cod'
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Still some tulips in the Rock Garden!
Tulipa 'Little Princess'
Tulipa 'Piccolo' (a paler version of 'Little Princess' as far as I can see)
What I hope is the true Tulipa hageri 'Splendens'
cheers
fermi