Tulips are classified by group.
From these 13 groups, Texas Tulips selects the best for Central Texas gardens. These abbreviations appear before the tulip name. Click on the name or picture to preview and order.
** Group that may perennialize/naturalize.
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(Sp) Species tulip group**
These are the wild ones! Or their close relatives. These original tulips are smaller, tougher and the best choice for tulips that can come back year after year. My experience says they do best when they are allowed to remain very dry during hot summer months. It is generally assumed that about 150 different wild species exist in an area running roughly from Central Asia to Spain and Portugal. The interest in wild species is increasing steadily. The bulbs, offered in sizes 6/8 to 8/10, are smaller than those of ordinary tulips and are very easy to naturalise. This class includes species, variants, and hybrids derived from these wild tulips which are cultivated and sold commercially. To illustrate: a wild species of tulip might be called something like Tulipa batalini or Tulipa humilis. If someone has developed a cultivated variant, it might be named, for example, Tulipa batalinii Bright Gem or Tulipa humilis Persian Pearl.
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(F) Fosteriana tulip group**
"Tulipa fosteriana" with her cultivars, subspecies, varieties and hybrids, which resemble "T. fosteriana". Early flowering, leave very broad, green or grey green, sometimes mottled or striped. Stem medium to long. Large long flower, base variable. Tulipa fosteriana is a wild species found in the mountainous areas of Central Asia. Although no longer being cultivated, numerous beautiful cultivars developed from it are still marketed. They differ from one another in height, but all have a slender flower shape and large, sometimes striped leaves. Naturalizing is possible with these tulips. Flowering period: early Average plant height: 25-30 cm Spacing between bulbs: 10 cm Landscape uses: parks, beds, borders and rock gardens”
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(G) Greigii tulip group**
"Tulipa greigii" with her cultivars, subspecies, varieties and hybrids, which resemble "T. greigii". Mostly with mottled or striped foliage, flowering later than "kaufmanniana". Leaves spreading normally on the ground, mostly strongly undulated. Flower shape variable. "T. greigii" from which this group derives its name, was first described in 1873; Central Asia; Aral-Caspian region, Srydar'ya, Tien Shan.
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(K) Kaufmanniana tulip group**
"Tulipa kaufmanniana" with her cultivars, subspecies, varieties and hybrids, which resemble "T. kaufmanniana". Very early flowering, sometimes with mottled foliage. Flower with multicoloured base opens fully. Exterior normally with a clear carmine blush. Height up to 20 cm.
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(SE) Single early tulip group
Single early tulips are single flowered cultivars mainly short stemmed and early flowering. Flowering period: early Average plant height: 20-30 cm Spacing between bulbs: 5-10 cm Landscape uses: beds, borders, rock gardens and for forcing Single early tulips have sturdy flowers with a very distinct shape. They are constructed of six petals that are usually pointed at the tip. These tulips are very suited to flower containers, beds and borders. Quite a few cultivars are just perfect for forcing into flower indoors
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(DE) Double early tulip group
Double flowered cultivars, mainly short stemmed and early flowering. Flowering period: early Average plant height: 20-30 cm Spacing between bulbs: 5 cm Landscape uses: beds, borders and rock gardens These are beloved tulips that have double flowers; short, sturdy stems; and an early flowering period. They can be used in many ways, but are especially favoured for beds and containers. The variety of colours available in this group is not as great as it is for other groups, however, its double flowering more than compensates for this. |
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(Dh) Darwinhybrid tulip group**
Single flowered cultivars, long stemmed, mid season flowering. Originally the result of hybridization between cultivars of the Darwin Group with "Tulipa 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.
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(T) Triumph tulip group
Single flowered cultivars, stem of medium length, mid season flowering. Originally the result of hybridization between cultivars of the Single Early Group and the Single Late Group..
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(Fr) Fringed tulip group
Single flowered cultivars. tepals are edged with crystal-shaped fringes, mid-season or late flowering. Stem of variable length.
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(LY) Lily flowered tulip group
Single flowered cultivars, mid season or late flowering, flowers with pointed reflexed tepals. Stem of variable length.
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(P) Parrot tulip group
Parrot Group Single flowered cultivars with laciniate, curled and twisted tepals. Mainly late flowering. Stem of variable length.
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(SL) Single late tulip group
Single flowered cultivars, mainly long stemmed, late flowering. This group includes e.g. the former Darwin Group and Cottage Group
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