Species Tulip, Botanical Tulip, Turkestan Tulip, Wild Tulip

These have naturalized and increased for me, here in Boston Z6a. We get too much summer rainfall here for most tulips to grow well long-t...Read Moreerm, but these do well. (Tulips require a dry summer rest, and summer irrigation can make them rot.)

All tulips are prime fodder for deer, voles, and other critters.

I've planted a lot of species tulips over the years, but these have been the most vigorous. In a partly shaded, slightly raised patch of...Read More ground they have multiplied and spread. On a sunny day, they carpet the ground in the spring with cheery 6-pointed stars. They aren't babied at all, don't receive much supplemental water, and have no extra protection from our Minnesota winters. The only negative is that they close up and disappear whenever the sun isn't out.

I grew up vegetable gardening, but with a new house this year I though I would try to revamp our dilapidated flowerbed with some tulips. ...Read MoreI bought the turkestanicas online, and they are beautiful! We had three inches of snow last week (the last week of March, which is late even here), but they pulled through and reappeared stronger than before. My neighbor inquired this afternoon to see if they were real!

I planted them as a border for the rest of my cube and double tulips, but the others are still foliage as of April 1st. I put them in with my standard manure/soil mix and topped them with Milorganite organic low-nitrogen fertilizer when shoots appeared.

I regret planting them in semi-shady spot, because they close their blooms early every evening. My husband hasn't even seen them yet because the house casts too strong of a shadow by the time he gets home from work. Hearty and lovely, I can't wait to see them again next year!

The flowers strongly resembles Tulipa tarpa.Tulipa turkestanica have more triangle - like petals and carries tehir flowers on longer sta...Read Morelks - the flowers is smaller than Tulipa tarpa. For me this species blooms a bit later than Tulipa tarpa by a week to three but this year 2008 they bloom the same as Tulipa tarpa and Tulipa humilis depending on location - there are hot and cold spots often in the same yard. I would consider this species as tough as Tulipa tarpa - sold somewhat less than Tulipa tarpa in the plant trade but more often than some other species tulips like T. saxatilis.