Turkestan-Tulpe (Wildtulpe)

Season Overview

Description

This very delicate, slender wild tulip has parchment-colored, star-shaped flowers with orange-yellow centers. Of all wild tulips, it produces the most flowers—up to 12 flowers appear in clusters on a single stem! The outside of the fragile-looking flowers is delicately striped with lilac. Gray-green linear leaves and attractive drum-shaped seed heads add to the charm of this delicate tulip. All in all, the dwarf tulip is a very distinctive and uncomplicated wild tulip that quickly and easily forms large colonies through naturalization. This mountain dweller from Central Asia feels particularly at home in a sunny rock garden.

Growing tips

- Protection from rodents: Use wire baskets or place the bulbs in planting baskets to protect them from mice or voles. These animals like to nibble on the bulbs. - Remove withered flowers: Cut off the wilted flowers after flowering so that the plant can sprout new flowers. If you want to obtain seeds, leave the flowers on. However, tulips are traditionally not sown, but tulip bulbs are planted. - Replant after a few years: Tulips often flower more vigorously if they are replanted every few years. In flower beds, they can also be alternated with other plants to support soil life and prevent disease.

Details

Plant distance

8 cm

Row spacing

8 cm

Seeding depth

8 cm