{"id":3085,"date":"2012-01-06T00:02:46","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T07:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3085"},"modified":"2012-02-09T04:40:22","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T11:40:22","slug":"tulip-mad-or-mania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/tulip-mad-or-mania\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulip Mad or Mania a Tulip Miscellany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/tulip-mad-or-mania\/attachment\/lily-tulip2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3086\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3086 alignnone\" title=\"lily-tulip2\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/lily-tulip2.jpg\" alt=\"lily-tulip2\" width=\"277\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/lily-tulip2.jpg 277w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/lily-tulip2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">At times I think I have had &#8216; Tulip Mania&#8217; this Spring with the number of Tulip posts and pictures I have produced. This year has been an exceptional year and the Tulips in my garden have gone mad themselves with the showy flowers and seemingly infinate variety. The weather must have been kind and clement, the same as the gardener.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This <strong>Lily\u00c2\u00a0 Flowered Tulip<\/strong> is called &#8216;Queen of Sheba&#8217; and was bought from Parkers 3 years ago. Some of the stock has been lost but I do not dig them up and store them as they are grown just for use as cut flowers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I am going to dig up the large pots of tulips I planted in the border last November and allow them to die back naturally. The <strong>buried pot method<\/strong> helped to contain and frame the tulips and I think it was a success. I will be interested to see if there was enough nutrients available to help get new flowers for next Spring or have I starved them into submission.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Other Lily Tulips I Like<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>China Pink a uniform flower with a white base and pink petals.<\/li>\n<li>Ballerina the best orange I have seen<\/li>\n<li>White Triumphator with reflexing petals<\/li>\n<li>For showy I have been recommended Marylin 9white with red stripe) and Ballade looking like Vimto (purple with a white froth)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It looks like I have blown it for a good while now, or at least until I start thumbing through the bulb catalogues for next year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/tulip-mad-or-mania\/attachment\/blown-it\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3088\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3088\" title=\"blown-it\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/blown-it.jpg\" alt=\"blown-it\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/blown-it.jpg 448w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/blown-it-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Variety is the Spice of Tulips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<p>There are tulips of many varieties and families to suit all occasions. Early, mid season and late flowering types are available such as Triumph, Darwin Hybrids, Lily flowered and Fosteriana hybrids but below are some special types or forms worth consideration.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tCrispa the fringed Tulips look like they sound with lace like fringes on the petals. Try \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcBlue Heron\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 (really a two tone purple) or the shorter, white \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcSwans Wings\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tParrot Tulips have deeply feathered, curled, or twisted, single or multi-coloured petals.  Many varieties have a green spot at the base of their petals. Some Parrot tulips are sensitive to poor weather and should be planted in a protected spot.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tMulti-flowered tulips are gaining in popularity with 3 -6 flowers on each stem. The bi-colours \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcSpectabile\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcGeorgette\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 appeal to me.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tDouble Paeony Flowered tulips are on my list for next spring. I will put half in a cold greenhouse for cutting and use the rest for bedding. \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcMiranda\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 a double Darwin hybrid will be on the list with one of the Dutch bi-colours.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tGreen petaled  Viriflora tulips have vertical stripes of green on the petals that are otherwise coloured reds and yellows. \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcEsperanto\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 a red with green also has striking white edged leaves.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tTriumph Tulips produce cup-shaped flowers on strong, medium-length stems. Average plant height is 10 to 16 inches. This is the largest class of tulips and offers the widest range of flower colors. Triumph tulips are excellent for forcing.<br \/>\n Botanical Tulips and Rock Gardens<br \/>\nGiven time to establish themselves botanical tulips can give an outstanding perennial display in the rock garden or rockery.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tTulip species also known as botanical tulips are natives of Turkey and Asia. Humilis varieties open in a wide star shape like a large crocus. T.Clusiana tend to be yellow bicoloured with red and flower march- April. T. Baalini has pale lemon flowers.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\t Greigii Tulips are noted for their brightly-coloured flowers and purple striped or mottled foliage. Plant height varies around 8 inches so stature Greigii tulips are excellent choices for borders or rock gardens. They also colonise well.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tKaufmanniana Tulips are long-lived perennial tulips. In sunlight, the flowers open fully. The open flowers resemble a star or water lily. Flower colours include white, yellow, pink, and intermediary colours. The foliage is bluish green or chocolate brown striped.\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Other Tulip Tips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tFor a great display plant the bulbs in a round basket or container that will delineate the area where they will grow and make lifting easy. This spring I saw a great display of circles of tulips in tight formation one colour to a patch.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tBotanical tulips don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like competition so plant where the leaves won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get covered by other plants.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tLeave leaves until they become brown and the goodness has gone back into the bulb<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tLift hybrid tulips in early summer and replant in November.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tPlant 6 inches deep or a bit more if the soil is thin and sandy.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tIf you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t bear to cut you prize tulips for the house buy your partner a bunch from a florist.<br \/>\nTulip Fire and Tulip Aphids<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tRotting bulbs may be due to tulip fire. Destroy all infected bulbs. Avoid high nitrogen fertiliser.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tBefore planting or putting into store soak in Bio supercarb \u00e2\u20ac\u02dccarbendazim and allow to dry<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tTulip aphids colonise bulbs in store including gladioli and crocus as well as tulips.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tRemove aphids by hand<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tTreat before storing with Sybol<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tTulip grey bulb rot causes bulbs to fail to emerge above ground, or produce severely distorted shoots which then wither and die off. Bulbs turn grey and dry as they rot away to leave only the roots and basal plate. Caused by a fungus that can persist in the soil so burn bulbs and don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t replant for 5 years<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3314\/3549342838_340eef0689.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>November is a good time to plant Tulips so you still have time to order and buy some more new bulbs. It seems to be a new marketing ploy to sell two or more types of Bulbs together so gardeners can pre-ordained the effects they wish to achieve.<br \/>\nThese orange and purple Tulips looked blown but attractive in late May this year at Harlow Carr Gardens.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Tips for Twin Tulips <\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Check with your supplier that different bulbs will flower  at the same time or the effect will be lost.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Bulbs from the same series are more likely to flower at the same time as that is how they have been bred.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Select your own mix of varieties from a good and informative bulb catalogue (or you will end up with pot luck as I do.)<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Plant at the same depth (at least twice the bulbs width) or the depth may affect the flowering time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am looking at planting &#8216;Purple Passion&#8217; a blend from Thompson-Morgan one of our sponsors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At times I think I have had &#8216; Tulip Mania&#8217; this Spring with the number of Tulip posts and pictures I have produced. This year has been an exceptional year and the Tulips in my garden have gone mad themselves with the showy flowers and seemingly infinate variety. The weather must have been kind and clement, the same as the gardener. This Lily\u00c2\u00a0 Flowered Tulip is called &#8216;Queen of Sheba&#8217; and was bought from Parkers 3 years ago. 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