Tulipa 2016

[Yann]

Tulipa humilis tete a tete, spring is in the air....with no sun

[Yann]

the label of this one flew away, clusiana Lady Jane

[Gabriela]

By going to the greenhouse this afternoon between two storms, Tulipa humilis were open. By cons, those of the garden remained closed.
I love the scent of these tulips.

Are these grown from seeds Cfred? I like the candy look (bonbons) 
They should look great in a rockery.

[Steve Garvie]

Amana edulis

[johnralphcarpenter]

...and by way of demonstrating my inferior photographic skills, here is my Amana edulis today.

[Lesley Cox]

Have any of you tried eating Amana?

Given the specific name Diane, I've wondered about this too. I have a small number of bulbs given to me some years ago and they do quite well in a pot, repotted every couple of years. But I'm trying to get as much into the garden as possible. However, with my rabbit population.........   The little brutes developed a taste this last winter for the tubers of the chocolate cosmos so I doubt if having to dig a few tulip bulbs would faze them at all.

[Yann]

Tulipa kaufmanniana 'sergei jesenin' finally opened.

I also found Tulipa cretica in bloom, this form is from Melambes

[johnralphcarpenter]

They are in the greenhouse, not outside, Yann?

[Yann]

outside, i don't grow any more tulips in the greenhouse.
All the pots are just protected with a glass until february and then i let the rain do the job

[johnralphcarpenter]

Wow, much earlier than here. Nothing flowering here yet apart from Amana edulis.

[Yann]

18°c outside today, same temperature as the one i got on last sunday in the Vaucluse!
They're already fading for some of them

[Gabriela]

Tulipa kaufmanniana 'sergei jesenin' finally opened.
I also found Tulipa cretica in bloom, this form is from Melambes

This kaufmanniana is the perfect red, little tulip!, very interesting flower shape on T. cretica - a new one for me.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Wow, much earlier than here. Nothing flowering here yet apart from Amana edulis.

What a difference a day makes! Tulipa aitchisonii var. clusianoides and Tulipa biflora are both out in the sunshine today.

[Steve Garvie]

These two would have to be my Desert Island Tulips:

Tulipa aitchisonii var clusianoides







Tulipa humilis pulchella albocaerulea oculata




(edit by maggi to separate pix.)

[Yann]

Just had time to photography this one after the work, Tulipa doerfleri