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Tulipa 'Ballerina'
(Tulip 'Ballerina')

Family - Liliaceae
Category - Bulb
Season of Interest - Spring
Hardiness - H6
Height - 60cm
Width - 15cm

Description: Lily-flowered Group

A bulbous Perennial with an upright habit. Grey-green to mid-green leaves are broadly ovate to lanceolate in shape and upright. Single goblet-shaped Blooms are tangerine and develop red shading from the centre of the petals with age. The flowers are held singly atop upright stems and are produced from mid to late spring. Tulipa 'Ballerina' is fragrant and excellent for use as cut flowers.

Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

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Flower:

Single goblet-shaped flowers are tangerine orange and develop red shading from the centre of the tepals with age. Each tepal is pointed at the the tip and slightly reflexed. The blooms are held singly atop upright stems and are produced in April and May.

Flower colour: Orange, red

Flower shape: Goblet-shaped flowers held singly

Flowering time: April, May

Foliage:

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

Foliage Senescence: Decidous

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 sheltered from strong wind.