Tulipa – Pink Impression

The peacocks and parrots of the bulb world, tulips offer more sizes, shapes and colors than you can imagine for any type of garden design scheme. They are an incredible source of inexpensive color for the garden. Almost every color in the spectrum is available except true blue. Intensity of the colors sometimes varies according to climate and even from one season to another. Divided into 15 divisions usually depending on shape, bloom time or heritage. The explanation and description of each division is found in quotes (" ") and in caps on the following pages and was taken directly from the Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association's 1996 publication of the Classified List and International Register of Tulip Names, Johan van Scheepen, editor. Plant 4 × their height deep (8"–10" for regular sized tulips; 4"–6" for small tulips); bulbs are 12/+cm unless otherwise noted.

"Single flowered cultivars, long stemmed, mid season flowering. originall y the result of hybridization between cultivars of the darwin group with tulip fosteriana and the result of hybridization between other cultivars and botanical tulips, which have the same habit and in which the wild plant is not evident." Best for perennial bedding, cut flowers and for companion planting with other bulbs, perennials and annuals; big and bold, the 'gentle giants of the garden'; mid spring bloomers that force well; very reliable, long-lasting flowers; we regard this as the 'longest term perennial' tulip group; whz 3-9; mid spring; 12/+ cm unless otherwise noted.