source for Princess Margriet tulip

Saw one in magazine; similiar to Princess Irene, but deep rose instead of orange. Google just brings up the information about the Dutch princess being born in Canada.
Any help appreciated..

Princess Margriet does not exist as a Tulip according to sources from Holland

There's definitely a Dutch princess, born in Canada in exile during WWII along with a sister. Wouldn't know if there's a tulip. :)

Thanks for the info, drat that magazine and I don't know which one it was or in which waiting room..

A couple years ago I got Princess Irene (flamed orange) and Princess Margriet (flamed yelow) from Van Bourgondien. Here is both of them, I wouldn't call either of them rose.

I found information that Prinses Margriet is a sport of Prinses Irene and the color is Yellow and purple.

Prinses Margriet was named in 1960.

My brain is a drain! lol Looked it up, the royal family come to Canada with 2 princesses, that must be why I remembered there being 2 girls. One more was born in Canada, then the 4th back in the Netherlands. Princess Beatrix-1938, Princess Irene-1939, Princes Margriet-1943 and Princess Maria Christina-1947.

I am talking Tulip varieties. LOLROF

yeah, figured that, but thought someone might wanna know the history. lol I can't be the only history nut here!

Thanks so very much for all the help, think I will stick with Irene--that magazine certainly was using "photo license" May just stick to Rembrandt mix.

Now, let me tell you about Rembrandt.............

go on, I'm listening...

It does exist as a tulip; we planted 96 'Princess Margriet' tulip bulbs in our greenhouse course last month, for forcing after the holidays. However, it's difficult to find sources. Ours came from the Van Noort Bulb Co. in the Vancouver BC area. I haven't found any other source on the internet. I suspect they're not available retail - only wholesale (?) The Van Noort catalogue said this about the "Princess Margriet":

-single early tulip
-early spring blooming, ideal for forcing
-Zone 3
-good for cut flowers, containers
-mango-yellow, flamed red
-H35cm/14"

I know not everyone's interested in history :-) but we in Ottawa are proud of our tulip connection. The Dutch royal family took refuge here during the Second World War, and Princess Margriet was born at our Civic Hospital - however it was going to be a crisis because the Dutch constitution demanded that anyone succeeding to their throne in the future had to have been born on Dutch soil. So, Canada's government officially declared the hospital room in Ottawa to be Dutch territory for a few days, and flew the Dutch flag over our parliament buildings - the first and only time a foreign flag has been flown over our seat of government. Every year the Netherlands still sends Canada tens of thousands of tulip bulbs in thanks for Ottawa's hospitality and in thanks for the role Canada's troops played in the liberation of the Netherlands. We have a tulip festival every year - it's a nice event to visit, if you're in the area.

I found a gorgeous painting here: http://gregsmithartist.com/showpiece.php?id=TU03

I'm so with you on that spklatt! Alberta is named after Princess Louisa Caroline Alberta, 4th child of Queen Victoria (just keeping with the history/princess theme of the thread).

And I obtained Dutch citizenship in 2005. I have tulip bulbs that are decendants of bulbs my grandfather brought with him to Canada in 1949. I did not know that Alberta was named after a princess. Jeopardy question was, name the two provincial capitals named after the British royal family. hmmm, not sure if I like history better than tulips or tulips better than history...lol My DB has this 2" book on the history of tulips- see, ya just gotta combine the two!

lol! I agree, they go well together.

Just an update on our Princess Margriet bulbs, they are in a cold room, have rooted well and the shoots have emerged. We won't be putting them in the greenhouse for a while yet though. I'll take pics and post them in PF when they're in bloom.

Hmmm... provincial capitals: Victoria, Regina and Charlottetown, unless I'm mistaken. What do you think, dahlianut?

Shannon

Definitely Victoria and Regina. Was there a British Charlotte??

The answer was Victoria and Regina - no one got it right. No idea who Charlottetown was named after. goggle it?

Here some info: Charlottetown is a much older community than its 1855 date of incorporation would suggest. Surveyor General Samuel Holland surveyed the Island in 1765, and it was he who recommended a location for the capital. Holland named the new settlement Charlotte Town in honour of the wife of George III.

Ha! Guess Jeopardy was wrong.

Man I luv it when the know-it-alls are wrong.

LOL