Tulipa Darwin Hybrids
Varieties:
unknown
Hardy to: 4a
Plant Height: 18-24"
Spacing: 6-9"
Sun Preference: Sun to Full Sun
Flower Color: Pink
This is one of my favorite flowers from my childhood. I have a few on the south side of my house, but they don't tend to do very well. They have been in the ground for a long time but they do produce flowers each year, but they just wither up. I am not sure as to why, whether they are old and worn out or whether they get baked by the sun and side of the house. I am going to try to water them well this spring to see if they will actually bloom and then I will dig them up and see if there are any small bulbs I can plant elsewhere.
The tulips I bought a few years ago and have near the front door are beautiful however and are growing well.
The tulip has been the favored spring bulb for centuries. Thriving where summers are dry and winters are cold, this bulb is treated as an annual where summers are hot and long. A genus with around 100 species, tulips are divided into 15 distinguishing divisions. Best planted in large drifts, tulips can be used in rock gardens, containers, overplantings above perennials, forced indoors, and as a cut flower. Make your selections according to what zone you live in. Largest selections are available for USDA zones 4 through 6, fewer for USDA zones 7 through 8. Plant between 8 and 4 inches deep in early fall in USDA zones 4 through 8 or late winter in USDA zones 9 and 10. If you live in an area where your tulips will be perennial (zones 4 through 6 and sometimes 7), work bonemeal or bulb booster into or around planting hole per label directions. While growing, water periodically and fertilize with a liquid fertilizer every 4 weeks. Once flowering is complete, remove spent flowers and allow foliage to yellow and wither for 6 weeks prior to cutting back foliage. Greigii and Kaufmanniana Group tulips may remain in the ground for several years, where other groups may be removed annually and stored in a warm, dry place. Replant the largest bulbs the following year, allowing smaller bulbs to grow out in nurse beds. source
Design Impressions on 4/22/09
One of my unknowns on 4/22/09
A group of unknowns (the same as the right group on the top picture)
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