Tulipa 2010

[TheOnionMan]

Two little ones:

1 - 2  T. humilis var. pulchella  (is this the correct of latest taxonomy on this one?)
 
3       T. 'Little Beauty'

[Armin]

Mark,
good idea to move them in a sunny spot. They grow excellent in shadow but with less flowers.
A tip: use a deep, close meshed basket (i.e. those for pond plants) to limit growth of stolons and plant them in calcareous soil.
I'm sure you will get a reward later

[Armin]

Mark,
aren't all 3 images showing T. humilis 'Little Beauty'?

T. humilis has pinkish pedals with a yellow center - if my memory is not wrong
I'm no taxonomist but T. pulchella is just T. humilis named now.

[TheOnionMan]

Mark,
aren't all 3 images showing T. humilis 'Little Beauty'?

T. humilis has pinkish pedals with a yellow center - if my memory is not wrong
I'm no taxonomist but T. pulchella is just T. humilis named now.

I received bulbs of the plants shown in the first two photos as T. pulchella var. humilis, just the opposite.  It is possible all are 'Little Beauty', although the latter is taller and with bigger flowers and more upright leaves... it is hard to discern the difference in scale from the photos.

[PeterT]

Thomas has recently posted impressive pictures from T. sylvestris growing near the road in Schwäbisch Hall.

I can't resist to show my own clump grown from only 5 bulbs. I've split them and grow them on different places in the garden.
In spite this species is heavily stoloniferous, produces a lot of single leaves and it is said to be a not good flowerer - I cannot agree.
When left undisturbed in a sunny place it makes annual a lot of fun!

Here some images

I was given a few bulbs of T. sylvestris about 8-9 years ago, told that it likes partially shaded conditions.  It has expanded quite a bit, and I worry about it spreading and romping about too much, but in all those years, only saw 1 flower!  Then I learned that this plants wants to flower in the sun... you have reminded me of this fact.  I'm going to dig up some of the messy floppy-foliaged plants and move some to a sunny spot, and see what happens.  Otherwise, I want to dig them all out, the foliage is distracting in the general scheme of things.  Armin, your plants look sunny and attractive... so perhaps it is worth giving it one more chance.

I have been told that a lot depends on the form of T sylvestris as to whether one gets flowers. Here it is believed by some that the 'wild' English form hardly ever flowers but I know a garden in Nottingham with good displays in both sun and shade, supposedly of other forrms.

[Armin]

Peter,
that's what's often in literature. I can't confirm this is true as my bulbs origin from dutch commercial stocks and are not taken from wild.
What I can recommend is to plant T. sylvestris in a sunny place and the probability for more flowers will raise.

[Arykana]

My tulips:

[Arykana]

more, if you are not bored from

[Boyed]

Some greigii tulips from my collection:

gregii 'Pandour'
greigii 'Rafaello' - very decorative Lefeber introduction with catchy large-centered bloom and beautiful colour combination; excluded from the register because thought was not grown anymore, but fortunately it turned out that one Dutch company still grows this treasure
greigii 'Goldenes Prag' (aka 'Zlata Praha')

[Armin]

Zhirair,
super greigii cvs.. 'Pandour' is beautiful marked outside. 'Rafaello' is indeed something special - it seems to have very large flower cups.
'Goldenes Prag' is lovely too, nice contrasted & colored inside.
All my greigii's have already finished flowering due sunny, dry warm weather - interesting that they are still flowering with you.

Here some tulips in flower now.
'Velvet Lily' a probably cross between T. acuminata and T. eichleri is flowering the second season with me.
T. fosteriana 'Orange Emperior' at peak of flower. Very reliable and seem very robust.
'Red Emperior'(Madame Lefeber) and white 'Purissima' which I have both too flowered ~2weeks earlier then 'Orange Emperior'. Unfortunately they have suffered from strong frost. Size was smaller compared to last years and tips of leaves wilted (obvious frost damage) Not showy this year. I gave them extra portion of fertilizer to recover.

[Boyed]

Armin,
Very pleased to hear that you liked the cv-s I showed. Knowing that most of you prefer relatively short plants, I specially selected these to show. But I think 'Rafaello' after adaptation with grow much taller next year, as it is stated to be not a dwarf cultivar. Indeed, it has impressively large and perfectly shaped blooms.

Your tulips are also impressive and beautiful. 'Velvet Liy' is nice! I remember last year you showed its pics at Hortus Bulborum and I stil haven't forgot it.

I have different greigii cv-s flowering from early to late spring. Some, especially wild selected clones, flower quite late with Single Late cultivars. Unlike yours, the weather here lately is very rainny and my tulip blooms are getting spoiled from excessive humidity.

Would like to show another rarity:
greigii x kaufmanniana 'Dadzitis' bred by J. Ruksans. Unfortunately Janis doesn't grow this cv anymore. In the first picture the tulip at the background is kaufmanniana x greigii 'Lord's Super' (J. Ruksans).

And
greigii 'Orange Elite'

[Armin]

Zhirair,

'Dadzitis' flower buds are like a burning flame - very beautiful the violet base fading over to , orange, red and yellow! A great breeding result from Janis.

I like many hybrid tulips - indeed after having visited the unbelieveable 'Hortus Bulborum' and 'Connoisseurs Collection' there are still so many tulips on my wishlist.
One of my dreams is T. greigii 'Karimata' which impressed me by size and color combination. The issue is my limited garden space So I have to continoue with tiny croci

I can recommend to visit Hortus Bulborum in Limmen and the surrounding tulip land in early spring for all gardeners - It is so impressive, colorful and simply wunderful. Unforgetable.

[Arykana]

Armin, I have space in my garden  you can send me the bulb and can visit her any time, you want

[TheOnionMan]

One of my favorite little tulips is in bloom now, Tulipa 'Little Princess'.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

What a Tulip display folks !!!! 

There's still some flowering here as well

1 and 2 Tulipa vvedenskyi - I always wonder what I like best : the fabulous flowers or the curly leaves ?? 

3 and 4 Tulipa vvedenskyi 'Tangerine Dream' with bigger flowers and an even more brilliant red ! 

5) Tulipa aucheriana

6) Tulipa bakeri 'Lilac Wonder'
7) Tulipa batalinii 'Bright Gem'
8. Tulipa batalinii 'Bronze Gem'