Tulipa sprengeri
(Sprenger Tulip)
Family - Liliaceae
Category - Bulb
Origin - Turkey
Year of Introduction - First described in 1894
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer
Hardiness - H6
Height - 50cm
Width - 10cm
Location - The Terrace
Description: A bulbous Perennial with a clump-forming, upright habit. Glossy mid to bright green leaves are linear to lanceolate in shape and erect. Single goblet-shaped flowers are bright red with three buff-gold outer petals. The Blooms are held singly atop slender, upright stems and are produced from late spring into early summer. One of the latest tulips to flower and now thought to be extinct in the wild.
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Flower:
Single goblet-shaped flowers are bright scarlet-red with three narrow outer tepals (petals) that are buff gold in colour. The flowers are held singly atop slender, upright stems and are produced in May and June.
Flower colour: Red, yellow
Flower shape: Goblet-shaped flowers held singly
Flowering time: May, June
Foliage:
Glossy mid to bright green leaves are linear to lanceolate in shape. The leaves are upright and held at the base of the plant.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Linear to lanceolate
Poison Information:
This plant will cause discomfort if ingested.
Propagation:
Division, seed.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.