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Collection D: Colossal Giant Darwin Hybrid Tulips
Our colossal Giant Darwin Hybrid Tulips are among the largest, strongest and most long-lasting of all tulips. Make sure to add some of these varieties to your cutting garden!
Estimated planting area: 75 square feet. Tulip Class: Giant Darwin Hybrid. Bulb size: 12 cm/up. Height: 20" to 24". Bloom time: Mid April/May. Plant 6" to 8" deep and 6" apart. Horticultural zones: 3-7. Please note that our collections are shipped in mid-October. (Each variety's photo appears in order as listed from left to right and top to bottom.)
• 50 Tulip Apricot Impression: Tangerine-orange, nasturtium-red and pink-persimmon, yellow-edged black base. 20" to 22".
• 50 Tulip Blushing Impression: Mellow-yellow, pale raspberry flushes, lemon-yellow interior. 20" to 22".
• 50 Tulip Daydream: Soft apricot to warm ornage to yellow. Fragrant. 22".
• 50 Tulip Hakuun: Glistening blizzard-white. 20".
• 50 Tulip Pink Impression: Soft empire-rose to deep neyron-rose, yellow-edged black interior base. 20" to 22".
• 50 Tulip Salmon Impression: Salmon-apricot, pink glow, steel-blue base. 20" to 22".
Tulips are The Art & Soul of Spring.
Tulip Horticultural Tips
Estimated planting area: 75 square feet. Tulip Class: Giant Darwin Hybrid. Bulb size: 12 cm/up. Height: 20" to 24". Bloom time: Mid April/May. Plant 6" to 8" deep and 6" apart. Horticultural zones: 3-7. Please note that our collections are shipped in mid-October. (Each variety's photo appears in order as listed from left to right and top to bottom.)
• 50 Tulip Apricot Impression: Tangerine-orange, nasturtium-red and pink-persimmon, yellow-edged black base. 20" to 22".
• 50 Tulip Blushing Impression: Mellow-yellow, pale raspberry flushes, lemon-yellow interior. 20" to 22".
• 50 Tulip Daydream: Soft apricot to warm ornage to yellow. Fragrant. 22".
• 50 Tulip Hakuun: Glistening blizzard-white. 20".
• 50 Tulip Pink Impression: Soft empire-rose to deep neyron-rose, yellow-edged black interior base. 20" to 22".
• 50 Tulip Salmon Impression: Salmon-apricot, pink glow, steel-blue base. 20" to 22".
Tulips are The Art & Soul of Spring.
Tulip Horticultural Tips
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Giant Darwin Hybrid Tulips
Giant Darwin Hybrid Tulips were introduced to the United States by John Scheepers, our great uncle, in 1951. Sometimes referred to as “perennial tulips” by others, their huge, vibrant flowers on strong stems are more apt to return for multiple years of blooms than other sorts of Tulips, but that is not a guarantee. They have been known to return for multiple years when planted in a nice sunny spot with good drainage, fertilized regularly, never cut for bouquets and dead-headed once the flower is spent. One must also allow the foliage to thrive in the sunlight unfettered by being tied up or covered up with other plant material until it yellows and dies back naturally. This allows the bulb to benefit for the maximum period of photosynthesis and chlorophyll production to nourish and grow the bulb. Flowering from mid-April into May, these stately tulips are excellent for spectacular garden displays and lovely cut flower arrangements. Top size bulbs: at least 12 cm. Bloom time: Mid-April into May. Plant 6" to 8" deep and 6" apart. Horticultural zones 3-7. Height: 18" to 26" depending on the variety.
Tulips are The Art & Soul of Spring.
Tulip Horticultural Tips
Giant Darwin Hybrid Tulips were introduced to the United States by John Scheepers, our great uncle, in 1951. Sometimes referred to as “perennial tulips” by others, their huge, vibrant flowers on strong stems are more apt to return for multiple years of blooms than other sorts of Tulips, but that is not a guarantee. They have been known to return for multiple years when planted in a nice sunny spot with good drainage, fertilized regularly, never cut for bouquets and dead-headed once the flower is spent. One must also allow the foliage to thrive in the sunlight unfettered by being tied up or covered up with other plant material until it yellows and dies back naturally. This allows the bulb to benefit for the maximum period of photosynthesis and chlorophyll production to nourish and grow the bulb. Flowering from mid-April into May, these stately tulips are excellent for spectacular garden displays and lovely cut flower arrangements. Top size bulbs: at least 12 cm. Bloom time: Mid-April into May. Plant 6" to 8" deep and 6" apart. Horticultural zones 3-7. Height: 18" to 26" depending on the variety.
Tulips are The Art & Soul of Spring.
Tulip Horticultural Tips
Giant Darwin Hybrid Tulips
Giant Darwin Hybrid Tulips were introduced to the United States by John Scheepers, our great uncle, in 1951. Sometimes referred to as “perennial tulips” by others, their huge, vibrant flowers on strong stems are more apt to return for multiple years of blooms than other sorts of Tulips, but that is not a guarantee. They have been known to return for multiple years when planted in a nice sunny spot with good drainage, fertilized regularly, never cut for bouquets and dead-headed once the flower is spent. One must also allow the foliage to thrive in the sunlight unfettered by being tied up or covered up with other plant material until it yellows and dies back naturally. This allows the bulb to benefit for the maximum period of photosynthesis and chlorophyll production to nourish and grow the bulb. Flowering from mid-April into May, these stately tulips are excellent for spectacular garden displays and lovely cut flower arrangements. Top size bulbs: at least 12 cm. Bloom time: Mid-April into May. Plant 6" to 8" deep and 6" apart. Horticultural zones 3-7. Height: 18" to 26" depending on the variety.
Tulips are The Art & Soul of Spring.
Tulip Horticultural Tips
Giant Darwin Hybrid Tulips were introduced to the United States by John Scheepers, our great uncle, in 1951. Sometimes referred to as “perennial tulips” by others, their huge, vibrant flowers on strong stems are more apt to return for multiple years of blooms than other sorts of Tulips, but that is not a guarantee. They have been known to return for multiple years when planted in a nice sunny spot with good drainage, fertilized regularly, never cut for bouquets and dead-headed once the flower is spent. One must also allow the foliage to thrive in the sunlight unfettered by being tied up or covered up with other plant material until it yellows and dies back naturally. This allows the bulb to benefit for the maximum period of photosynthesis and chlorophyll production to nourish and grow the bulb. Flowering from mid-April into May, these stately tulips are excellent for spectacular garden displays and lovely cut flower arrangements. Top size bulbs: at least 12 cm. Bloom time: Mid-April into May. Plant 6" to 8" deep and 6" apart. Horticultural zones 3-7. Height: 18" to 26" depending on the variety.
Tulips are The Art & Soul of Spring.
Tulip Horticultural Tips
