
Late Flowering Tulip
- Botanical Name
- Tulipa
- Min Zone
- 3
- Max Zone
- 7
- Height
- Up to 18 inches
- Width
- 4 to 6 inches
- Flowers
- Late spring: red, orange, yellow, green, violet, white, pink
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Plant 8 inches deep
- Space 6 to 9 inches apart
- Problems
- Animals, grey mold, bulb rot, stem rot, virus (color break)
- Varieties
- Darwin - best known of the late tulips, 24 to 32 inches tall
- Lily flowered type - pointed and reflexed petals, 24 inches tall
- Cottage type - egg shaped, 12 to 30 inches tall, found in cottage gardens of France and England
- Rembrandt type - broken flower color, painted by old Masters
- Parrot type - fringed petals, often shredded, scallped or wavy; large flowers need protection from wind
- Double late type - peony flowered, 16 to 24 inches tall
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