Tulips 2012

[pehe]

Brian, I have had the same problem.
They don't like our wet summer so now I lift them and keep them dry until September/October. Then they are quite easy.

[FrazerHenderson]

Tulip Festivals are becoming much more popular in the UK. One such festival was recently held at Constable Burton Hall (www.constableburton.com which is set in beautiful countryside at the entrance of Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England. The festival consists of both cut flowers presented in vases within the Hall's foyer as well as mass plantings around the formal gardens.

The first set of photographs are of the Hall and a selection of cut flowers.

[FrazerHenderson]

some more of the blooms in vases before moving onto the garden.

[FrazerHenderson]

and now finally in the gardens..

[Giles]

 
(Thankyou)

[FrazerHenderson]

Some garden Dutch hybrids...

[FrazerHenderson]

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[olegKon]

This tiny tulip is flowering now. The open flower is smaller than a penny. No lable. But I used to have Tulipa aximensis and Tulipa cretica nearby. I lost both. T.aximensis newer flowered for me. T. cretica once flewered disappeared 2 years ago, the colour is similar but it was bigger. Any suggestions?

[PeterT]

I don't know T aximensis which I think is a bigger plant than T cretica. your picture is very similar to a form of Tulipa cretica which I have. I believe that there are other larger whiter forms of Tulipa cretica.

[olegKon]

Thanks, Peter. Is Tulipa cretica stoloniferous?

[PeterT]

Some forms are supposed to be stoloniferous, I don't think that this one is for me though. Most tulips are good at moving around by 'droppers' and stolons. They change their position in the ground or pot depending on the temperature, moisture, and  season. Many Colchicums do this too..

[fermi de Sousa]

How remiss that we in the Southern Hemisphere didn't add to this thread earlier!
To make up for that:
Tulipa 'Stresa' x3;
T. tschimganica
T. eichleri
T. kaufmannii
T. bakeri 'Lilac Wonder'
T.greigii
T. aitchisonii ssp clusioides = dwarf T. clusiana
T. cretica in bud

cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Continuing with more tulips from September:
Tulipa hageri x 2
T. 'Little Beauty Princess'
T. clusiana x 2
T. fosteriana 'Princeps'
T. kolpakovskiana fergana group
T. batalini 'Hony Tonk'
T. aff sprengeri
T. saxatilis

cheers
fermi

[Armin]

Fermi,
a fine collection of tulips. I like your clumps of T. clusiana and T. saxatilis, a real pleasure.

It is a pity that I lost many dwarf tulip species by last February black frosts. I still hope for some hidden survivors next spring.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

A wonderful series Fermi !!
Lovely to enjoy these bright colours in the wet, windy dark weather we're "blessed" with at the moment !