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Tulipa 'Early Harvest'
(Tulip 'Early Harvest')

Family - Liliaceae
Category - Bulb
Origin - Raised in The Netherlands
Year of Introduction - 1966
Season of Interest - Spring
Hardiness - H6
Height - 20cm
Width - 15cm

Description: Kaufmanniana Tulip

A bulbous Perennial with an upright habit. Broadly ovate to lanceolate leaves are grey-green to mid-green with attractive maroon mottling. Single cup-shaped flowers are a rich shade of orange-red and each petal has golden-yellow shading at the margins. The Blooms are held singly atop upright stems and are produced in early spring. Excellent for use as cut flowers.

Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

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Flower:

Single cup-shaped flowers are orange-red with golden-yellow shading around the margins of the tepals (petals). The blooms are held singly atop upright stems and are produced in March (occasionally earlier with a mild winter).

Flower colour: Orange-red, yellow

Flower shape: Cup-shaped flowers held singly

Flowering time: March

Foliage:

Grey-green to mid-green leaves with maroon mottling 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. Plant in a position that is sheltered from strong wind.