Tulipa 2020

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Tulipa orthopoda was the first to flower this year but i didn't manage to get a pic
Tulipa cretica has been flowering well in a sunny rock garden
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Tulipa bakeri 'Lilac Wonder' is apparently now sunk into Tulipa saxatilis as 'Bakeri Group'.
I find the main difference between them in our garden is that it doesn't "run" as much as T. saxatilis and is a little stockier - but maybe that's because it's growing in a more exposed situation
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First flowers opening on Tulipa saxaltilis which has made quite a large patch by the rock steps
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[Maggi Young]

The little  Tulips which naturalise  in the  garden  to delight  us  with their flowering  clumps  are  a  real joy to me!

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The little  Tulips which naturalise  in the  garden  to delight  us  with their flowering  clumps  are  a  real joy to me!

We enjoy them a lot, Maggi, though some are more adept at "naturalising" by "running" via stolons, especially some forms of Tulipa clusiana such as this one that is similar to 'Lady Jane' which don't have the typical purple centre
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Tulipa clusiana - the typical form with pink and white exterior and a central purple base
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Tulipa clusiana 'Tinka'
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Tulipa clusiana 'Lady Jane'
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Tulipa clusiana ex 'Tinka' grown from seed from SRGC Seedex - this form is close to its parent but another is closer to 'Cynthia'!
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Tulipa kaufmanniana 'Heart's Delight' & Tulipa stapfi
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[Yann]

Great display for the most northern of us

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Great display for the most northern of us

Yes, it's good to be on the Forum to see what the other Hemisphere has in flower knowing that in 6 months you'll have them too!
Here's what I've been told is Tulipa 'fergana Group' doing well in the sun yesterday
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[Tulipaholic]

Hello Fermi
How many leaves do you T. ferganica have? On the photos they look more an other clusiana form.
T. ferganica has commonly 3 leaves, much wider as the tulips on your photos, and more pointed tepals.

greetings
Sjaak

[ArnoldT]

Here's what I have have as T. ferganica

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Fermi: your tulip is a nameless member of the ferganica group, it is easy to see on the hairy stems ( kolpakovskiana and its alies have no hairs on the stem). I grow similair plants from the hills on south side of the fergana valley.
The name kolpakovskiana for this tulip orginate by A.D. Hall who described it in his book the genus Tulipa together with T. iliensis with is also not correct. Both tulips belong to the same species as mentioned above.

Sjaak de Groot

Hi Sjaak,
I was going by what you said in 2014 (see above), but I agree that they look more like Tulipa clusiana var chrysantha. Thanks for taking the time to let me know.
Time to re-label 
Here's a pic from today of a flower stem
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