Tulipa 2009

[Sinchets]

Thank you for thisinformation Zhirair. Tulips are usually very happy here in Bulgaria and I hope this one will be too.

[Boyed]

You're welcome Simon!
I forgot to mention that tulipa 'Sunrise' were introduced in culture in 1952. It has a tendency to produce long stolones, so you should take this nuance in account when harvesting.

Tulips are very happy in our moderate climate as well. They usually perform maximum sizes and vigour, especially when taken a proper care.

[Sinchets]

Again Zhirair thanks. I hadn't realised the selection was that old - it seems to have stood up the test of time.

[Maggi Young]

I hadn't realised the selection was that old - it seems to have stood up the test of time.

 Watch it, Junior..... you could be treading dangerously here........
 M.Y. vintage 1953   

[Sinchets]

1953 what an excellent year for Global Forum Goddesses

[Maggi Young]

1953 what an excellent year for Global Forum Goddesses

Better, Simon, much better! 
Speaking of the historical ...... there are some super posts somewhere about the very old tulip types ....have you seen that or should I go looking for the link?

[Onion]

Thanks for the information about the T. kaufmanniana 'Sunrise'.
Zhirair do you know a internet-page with information about the introduction of Z.P. Botschantzeva ?
I often see this name in old threads about tulips in this forum.

[Jim McKenney]

1953 what an excellent year for Global Forum Goddesses

Better, Simon, much better! 
Speaking of the historical ...... there are some super posts somewhere about the very old tulip types ....have you seen that or should I go looking for the link?

Maggi, I would like to see those, too. I'm growing some old tulips now and am always interested in what others have to say about them.

And speaking of dates and tulips, one of the old bulb houses used to issue a catalog with all or virtually all the tulips dated. That made it easy to pick out tulips introduced in one's birth year. For instance, I was born in 1943 (no comments, Simon) and the tulip 'West Point' was introduced (or is it raised?) that year (although I've often wondered, given what was going on in the Netherlands that year, introduced to whom? Maybe boiled and served up as a meal to our starving, war-ravaged friends in the Netherlands?).

[BULBISSIME]

Maggy, 1953 is a very good vintage for SAUTERNES 

[Maggi Young]

Maggy, 1953 is a very good vintage for SAUTERNES 

Ah, Fred, I can tell you are a connoisseur !

[Maggi Young]

1953 what an excellent year for Global Forum Goddesses

Better, Simon, much better! 
Speaking of the historical ...... there are some super posts somewhere about the very old tulip types ....have you seen that or should I go looking for the link?

Maggi, I would like to see those, too. I'm growing some old tulips now and am always interested in what others have to say about them.

And speaking of dates and tulips, one of the old bulb houses used to issue a catalog with all or virtually all the tulips dated. That made it easy to pick out tulips introduced in one's birth year. For instance, I was born in 1943 (no comments, Simon) and the tulip 'West Point' was introduced (or is it raised?) that year (although I've often wondered, given what was going on in the Netherlands that year, introduced to whom? Maybe boiled and served up as a meal to our starving, war-ravaged friends in the Netherlands?).

 Do you know....... I cannot find the ones I thought were there...... I'll keep looking.

[Boyed]

Old tulips are shown in the threads

Connoisseur collection
Hortus Bulborum - treasury of historic Bulbs
Black Tulips

Onion, unfortunately there isn't any internet page related to Z.P. Botschantzeva's introduction. It is even very difficult to find her book, which are all out of print nowadays.

[Boyed]

Just looking over the papers at the office I found a 17-year old picture (photographed in 1992) of me with blooming tulips in my garden (for the local newpaper). I decided to show you and you can make an impression how tulips perform in my garden, showing maximum vigour. I don't know why, but many tulips of humble statuture all of sudden become giants in my garden. It surprises all my foreign visitors. For comparison my height is 175 cm.

In front - bright red DHT 'Ad Red'
Behind 'Ad Rem' - orange DHT 'Vivex'
next to it - pink/white FR 'Fancy Frills'
in front of me - SLG Darwin plum-purple 'Demeter', which is now included in Triumpg group
behind me - Ginat Lefeber greigii interspesific hybrid 'Blushing Beauty' (rose with pale yellow edge), which gets up to 140 cm after the 4-th day of blooming.

[Anthony Darby]

What a display!

[Maggi Young]

Fabulous array of fine tulips,  Zhirair.

Thanks you for the notes about the Historical tulips, also