Tulipa – Rasta Parrot

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 with laciniate, curled and twisted tepals. Mainly late flowering. Stem of variable length." A flower arranger’s dream, these birdlike flowers are often scalloped and heavily fringed; flowerheads can be heavier, so give protection from wind and harsh weather; often seen in European floral paintings; whz 3–8; mid-late spring and 12/+ cm unless otherwise noted.