Flowering period: early
Average plant height: 20 – 30 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 5 – 10 cm
Type of bulb: bulb
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 (marked here with an asterisk) are just perfect for forcing into flower indoors.
Most significant cultivars
- ‘Apricot Beauty’*: salmon pink
- ‘Brilliant Star’*: scarlet
- ‘Charles’*: blood-red
- ‘Christmas Dream’*: fuschia-red
- ‘Christmas Marvel’*: deep pink
- ‘Couleur Cardinal’: violet-red
- ‘Flair’*: red and yellow
- ‘Joffre’*: deep yellow
- ‘Merry Christmas’*: carmine red, white base
- ‘Mickey Mouse’: blood-red
- ‘Prinses Irene’: orange and red
- ‘Ruby Red’: scarlet
- ‘Striped Bellona’: yellow and orange
- ‘Yokohama’: lemon-yellow (one of the most exquisite yellow varieties)
*Cultivars recommended for forcing
As is the case with most other tulip classes, these are also offered as mixed colors.
