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What kind of tulip, please?

ian385ian385 Posts: 7
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Can anyone tell me what kind of tulip - if it is indeed a tulip - this is? It looks a bit like t. biflora but they're only supposed to be about 10cm tall and these are much bigger. I've just dug all the red-ish coloured bulbs and am drying them. I'll replant them in the autumn. They were very congested and produced many leaf-only plants this spring (we moved here last autumn). The other stuff to the left is garlic. Thank you.

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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Possibly tulipa clusiana, the lady tulip?
  • ian385ian385 Posts: 7
    Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't think so. Tulipa clusiana have narrow leaves and these are very broad - about 4cm at their widest.

  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    It looks similar in size and shape to the Kaufmanniana tulip Ancilla, which I have grown and which will repeat flower. Maybe some other variety in the same group?
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Possibly turkestanica....
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • ju1i3ju1i3 Posts: 189
    I'm not sure how helpful this is but they look like these tulips I bought from Sainsbury's as miniature mixed tulips.




  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited July 2018
    Maybe Tulipa polychroma.

    https://www.google.com/search?q=Tulipa+polychroma&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwip5vmTwYPcAhXRL1AKHabvCEIQ_AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=943#imgrc=JLBp5dNCYG3_eM:

    Need more details.
    Quote Pacific bulb soc...

    "Tulipa polychroma is from Iran and Afghanistan. It is an excellent miniature species for the rock garden, with charming white "star cups" on 2-3" (5 - 7.5 cm) stems. The center of the flower is yolk yellow, but it's the outside of the flowers that give this species its character. The back of the outer 3 tepals are tinged matte olive-mauve, and the back of the 3 inner tepals are lightly striped with green and blue."
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I'm with @Fairygirl. Turkestanica was my reaction too.
    Devon.
  • ian385ian385 Posts: 7
    Buttercupdays said:
    It looks similar in size and shape to the Kaufmanniana tulip Ancilla, which I have grown and which will repeat flower. Maybe some other variety in the same group?
    Possibly. Thanks for the suggestion.
  • ian385ian385 Posts: 7
    ju1i3 said:
    I'm not sure how helpful this is but they look like these tulips I bought from Sainsbury's as miniature mixed tulips.
    They look lovely (how do you keep them in the top of the bottle and stop them falling down) but I think they're too small and the petals too wide.
  • ian385ian385 Posts: 7

    Fairygirl said:
    Possibly turkestanica....
    Could be, but again I think the leaves are too narrow.

    I shall take a closer and clearer picture next year.
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