Tulipa 'Kingsblood'
(Tulip 'Kingsblood')

Family - Liliaceae
Category - Bulb
Year of Introduction - 1977
Season of Interest - Spring
Hardiness - H6
Height - 60cm
Width - 15cm
Location - The Hot Garden

Description: Single Late Tulip

A bulbous Perennial with an upright habit. Grey-green to mid-green leaves are broadly ovate to lanceolate in shape. Single cup-shaped flowers are bright cherry red and have glossy, rounded petals. The Blooms are held singly atop upright stems and are produced in late spring. Excellent for use as cut flowers.

Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Flower:

Single cup-shaped flowers are a bright shade of cherry red and have glossy, rounded tepals (petals). The blooms are held singly atop upright stems and are produced in May.

Flower colour: Red

Flower shape: Cup-shaped flowers held singly

Flowering time: May

Foliage:

Grey-green to mid-green leaves are broadly ovate to lanceolate in shape and have a waxy texture. The leaves are mostly held at the base of the stems with some leaves Alternately arranged on the stems.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Broadly ovate to lanceolate

Propagation:

Division (separation) of offsets.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.