Scientific Name: Tulipa cvs.
Common Name: tulip
Family Name: Liliaceae
Origin: Europe, Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Flowering cut plant, Flowering pot plant, Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Vase
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Floristry, Group or mass planting, Indoor plant, Spring interest
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Humus rich, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Linear, Oblong, Entire
Flowers: Flowers solitary, White, Orange, Yellow, Violet, Pink, Magenta, Red, Dark-red, Mar-Apr-May
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Jun-Jul
Key ID Features:
Spring bulb 10-80cm tall; leaves 2-6(-12), alternate, linear to oblong, 20-40cm long x 3-6cm wide; flowers usually solitary (some with up to 4 florets), cup-shaped with 6 tepals available in every colour except blue, Apr-May; capsules 1-3cm long x 0.5-1cm wide, 3 rounded sides, leathery, many seeded.