Tulip Shopping List

• An absolutely gorgeous tulip which also flowers mid season. The color is an orange blend which really radiates. This tulip has multiple flowers.
• Data: Flower Time: Mid Spring. Color: Blend of Orange with Red and Yellow undertones. Height: 14-16"

• Lily shaped flowers held atop long, slender stems. Ballerina flowers with the Darwin Hybrids, which is slightly earlier than most lily flowered tulips. Very regal.
• Data: Flower time: Mid-Late spring. Color: Orange. Height: 24-26"

The Perennial Touch
The above selection of tulips should have an above average chance of coming back several years in a row in cooler climates if you follow the horticultural care advice listed below. Other good perennializers include most species tulips, white and orange Emperor, solid colored Darwin Hybrid tulips, and most lily flowered tulips. Some single early and single late tulips may also do well, whereas the fringed, viridiflora, double, and rembrant tulips are much less reliable when it comes to perennializing.

Avoid Triumph tulips as a group unless you plan on treating them like annuals. This group is mainly produced for cut flower production and focus is thus not on developing tulips which comes back year after year.

Vernalization (Cooling) Period
Tulips must be planted in fall for spring flowering. This is due to vernalization (cooling) requirements. Generally, tulips must be exposed to cold temperatures below 45 F consistently for 15-18 weeks without fail. If this cold chain is broken the tulips will grow, but may not flower.

This is not a problem in Canada or most parts of USA as the bulbs will be vernalized in the ground during the winter months. Bulbs planted in late fall will flower in early spring as temperatures warm up. The bulbs are fully hardy and can be left in the ground year round with no risk of damage due to cold temperatures. Do not plant too early, but only after the soil has cooled in fall. After first night frost is a good indication. Buy early, however, as tulips typically go on sale much sooner. Warm soil signals the tulips to grow. If this happens before a suitable root system has been established, the bulb is ruined. This is why tulips should not be planted too early.

In warmer areas of the USA, such

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