Tulipa 2010

[johnw]

A pot of Tulipa 'Tangerine Beauty'  at Oxen Pond Botanic Garden, shot on Wednesday.

johnw

[dominique]

Hello Dominique

Try this site
http://www.hortus-bulborum.nl/eng/home-english.html
here you find the biggest collection of tulips from the world
maybe they can help you and sometimes they sell also bulbs
and it is worth visiting there show garden


Roland

Thank you Roland. I will try there

[vanozzi]

Promise of things to come  Cape Cod's beautiful leaves.
Regards Paul R

[Paul T]

Paul,

While nowhere near as advanced, I have noticed Tulipa points up here in the garden and pots at the moment.  Nothing like as advanced as yours though. Promise of things to come, indeed!! 

[Lesley Cox]

Those are certainly great leaves Paul. What colour are the flowers? (But you'll show them later of course? )

I just noticed the gorgeous 'Tangerine Beauty.' What a stunner with incredibly good wriggly leaves as well. A super combination.

[vanozzi]

I really like the leaves on the greigii hybrids Lesley and of course the beautiful flowers are the double bonus! The cultivar in the pot behind is Red Riding Hood.Cape Cod's bloom is apricot/red edged yellow.
Paul T, many of the tulips which I am growing this year , all in pots, were bought from the specialist bulb grower ''VOGELVRY'' from Tasmania.I put them all in my fridge before planting them into their pots, so that may explain why mine may be further advanced than yours.
Almost all my small collection of species are up, but only peeping above the soil, so that's gotta be a relief  . I also added a few more this year and am awaiting the germination of my cross ''Little Beauty X Aucheriana.That and Eichleri selfed were the only tulip seed that I harvested this year, apart from some dark standards.But I am now limited by space to a hankerchief sized garden.
Tangerine Beauty certainly has wrinkly leaves John, are there many cultivars to match that?

[Paul T]

Paul,

Yeah, mine are STILL in the fridge.... plenty of -4 to -5^oC nights of late. 

[PeterT]

Why do you put tulips in the fridge? I could imagine with something like T regelii, or hissarica to delay top growth but late potting works for friends of mine. I dont even bother with that. I just pot them last along with the dry corydalis. winters here can be very erratic as regards frost, mkes no difference

[rob krejzl]

Though some of us Aussies do have to pre-chill tulips before planting, I think Paul meant that the outside temperatures are as cold as a fridge would be.


Rob K., playing hooky from watching the 'great' debate.

[PeterT]

Thanks Rob, sorry I was a bit slow we had the winter I can remember here, all the pots frozen in the plunges for 6 weeks. T hissarica was 6 weeks late, T orithrioides if it is named right, was even later and all the leaves coverd the flowers!

[Lesley Cox]

We don't chill tulips at all, although the wholesalers may keep them in cool store for a while. Usually the bulbs are for sale later than other spring stuff and by the time I plant any it's pretty cool anyway. They always flower well. Now I think about it, they probably ARE pre-chilled by the wholesalers, as a friend whio lives in the subtropics north of Auckland, also flowers them well every year. Maybe not species though.

Seems the debate didn't amount to much Rob.

[rob krejzl]

"Seems the debate didn't amount to much Rob"

When I was a Fabian I'd probably have been all over it. Now the prospect of watching two intelligent people racing to the bottom just bemuses me.

[bulborum]

Hello Lesley

Tulips need a "cold " period from about 9-12 weeks
the temperature from the ground must be +9°C
or you put them in the fridge in a net nnot in a plastic bag
if you are in a warmer place you can test it
by cutting 1 bulb just for planting   
you can see the young flower but   
it cost you one bulb
but this is better as having a nice field of leaves
cut the flowers just under the flower-head after flowering
in Holland they do it as soon as the flower opens
and give the plant fertilizer with high potassium
for example 7-14-28 NPK
and in a few years you have your own Tulip nursery
piece of cake.       

Roland

[Gerdk]

-  in Holland they do it as soon as the flower opens
and give the plant fertilizer with high potassium
for example 7-14-28 NPK
and in a few years you have your own Tulip nursery
Roland

Thank you for this hint, Roland! Do you know a fertilizer with the formula mentioned above which is available in Germany (or the Netherlands)?
I also would be glad if you'll tell me the dosage (per m² or ha).

Thanks in advance.

Gerd

[bulborum]

Hello Gerd

Normally on a place where farmers buy there materials
or a good garden centre Sure in Venlo Netherlands
this is a large production place for many growers
Go to a big Nursery
ask for the chef
ask him where he buys his fertilisers
normally he will give you a friendly answer

On the box or bag is marked how much you have to use
better you go to a garden centre and test your soil
they charge normally 15-20€
but it tells you a lot of your soil

Most gardens can use a lot of chalk in Nov-Dec
buy it in large bags granulated
its a little more expensive but much easier
100 gram per m­­² is for many gardens normal to start with
Don't use it if you grow Erica , Rhododendron or other peat lovers

Roland