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How do I plant tulip bulbs? Find a spot in full sun, which is about 6 hours of direct sunlight per day. Then dig a hole that’s about two to three times the depth of the bulb’s height. Make ...
Tulip bulbs imported to warm-winter areas are often planted in autumn to be treated as annuals. The colour of tulip flowers also varies with growing conditions. [29] In the American East, white-tailed deer eat tulips, [30] with no apparent ill effects. However, tulips are poisonous to domestic animals e.g. horses, cats, and dogs. [15]
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 sylvestris - MHNT. Tulipa sylvestris, the wild tulip [3] or woodland tulip, [4] is a Eurasian and North African species of wild tulip, a plant in the lily family.Its native range extends from Portugal and Morocco to western China, covering most of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins, and Central Asia.
Tulipa cretica, the Cretan tulip, is a species of flowering plant in the family Liliaceae, endemic to Crete. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] A bulbous geophyte reaching 25 cm (10 in) with white flowers that fade to pink, it is typically found growing in rocky habitats such as noncoastal cliffs and mountain peaks. [ 3 ]
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. It is the probable wild ancestor of the garden tulip (Tulipa gesneriana). [3]
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. It was first found in Turkestan, [ 9 ] [ 10 ] and then published and described by Eduard August von Regel in his botanical magazine ' Gartenflora ' Vol.26 on page 194 in 1877.
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