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Tulipa gesneriana, the Didier's tulip [2] or garden tulip, is a species of plant in the lily family, cultivated as an ornamental in many countries because of its large, showy flowers. This tall, late-blooming species has a single blooming flower and linear or broadly lanceolate leaves.
Tulipa eichleri, commonly known as Eichler tulip or Eichler's tulip, is a species of tulip. It is a bulbous flowering perennial with long green leaves,deep red flowers with a central black blotch, coming from the Caucasus Mountains (between Europe and Asia). It is thought to be a synonym of Tulipa undulatifolia Boiss.
Tulipa bifloriformis comes in two different forms, a regular flower and a dwarf variant. The regular flower grows between 15-20 cm (5,9- 7.87in) and the dwarf form is 5-7cm (1.9- 2.7in). The flower has a yellow base and a white satellite. [4]
Resistant to tulip breaking virus, it has been crossed into garden tulips (Tulipa × gesneriana). [11] They naturalize easily and can come back year after year in the garden. They are well suited to mixed borders and can also be used in bedding displays. [5] They can grow in any garden soil but prefer sites in full sun.
While tulips can be bred to display a wide variety of colours, black tulips have historically been difficult to achieve. The Queen of the Night tulip is as close to black as a flower gets, though it is, in fact, a dark and glossy maroonish purple. [4] The first truly black tulip was bred in 1986 by a Dutch flower grower in Bovenkarspel ...
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It is commonly known as the 'Water-lily Tulip'. [8] because the petals of the flower open out like a star or waterlily.[5] [3] [4]The Latin specific epithet kaufmanniana refers to Konstantin von Kaufman (1818–1882) who was the first Governor-General of Russian Turkestan where the tulip was found.
Tulipa suaveolens, synonym Tulipa schrenkii, the van Thol tulip or Schrenck's tulip, is a bulbous herbaceous perennial of species of tulip (Tulipa) in the family of the Liliaceae. It belongs to the section Tulipa .