Fire of Love-this tulip has to be seen to be believed! The most decorative foliage we've seen yet; winner of the Mailorder Gardening Association's Green Thumb Award; like Red Riding Hood but with more 'wow' to the leaves! 10"-14"; mid-late spring.
The peacocks and parrots of the bulb world, tulips offer are more sizes, shapes and colors than you can imagine for any type of garden design scheme. Divided into 15 divisions usually depending on shape, bloom time or heritage.Plant 4 _ their height deep (8"-10" for regular sized tulips; 4"-6" for small tulips); 12+cm bulbs unless otherwise noted. GREIGII TULIPS are defined by the RGBA as: "Tulipa greigii with her cultivars, subspecies, varieties and hybrids, which resemble T. greigii. Mostly with mottled or striped foliage, flowering later than kaufmanniana. Leaves spreading normally on the ground, mostly strongly undulated. Flower shape variable." Greigii tulips are an exceptional landscape value, even when they're not in bloom, because their foliage is like having beautiful, unusual hostas in the garden. One of the best for bedding, patio containers, and in combination with mid spring daffodils; zones 3-8.
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