| 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 flowers per peduncle), 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. | |