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TULIPA tarda
Plant Description
| Life Cycle: | Perennial |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Origin: | Central Asia |
| Distinction: | Award of Garden Merit (A.G.M.) from the Royal Horticultural Society. |
| Special Features: | Starshaped flowers, golden-yellow, with creamy-white tips. The bright colors are contrasted by the dark green foliage. Best with sandy-gritty soil, excellent plant for rockgardens. |
| Historical: | Confused with T. dasystemon, resulting in Syn. TULIPA dasystemon hort. |
| Basic Colour: | (yellow / gold) |
| Flower Colour: | yellow with white center |
| Natural Flowering Period: | March - May |
| Winter Hardiness Zones: |
Z4 - Z7
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| Foliage: | 5-7 leaves, linear to narrowly lanceolate, to 22cm long, 2cm wide, glaucous lustrous green |
| Growth Habit: | bulbous |
| Height with Flowers: | 15 cm |
| Spacing between Plants: | 10 cm |
| Soil Requirements: | average |
| Location: | |
| Usage: | for the rock garden |
| Portion weight: | 0.4 Gram |
| Grams per 1000 seeds: | 5.55556 Gram |
| Seeds per Gram (does not correspond to the number of plants!): |
180 |
| Gram to get 1000 plants (if sown directly into pots etc. you will need a larger quantity): |
15 Gram |
| Plug tray recommended size(s): | open flats / deep open flats |
| Sowing Direction: |
(1) Cold-germinators are still referred to as frost-germinators, although this isn’t quite correct. The sowing must be kept warm (about +18 to +22°C) [about 64 to 72°F] and moist for the first 2–4 weeks. After this period the sowing must be kept at a cold temperature (between –4 and +4°C) [between 25 and 39°F] for another 4–6 weeks. Colder temperatures of –5°C [23°F] are only advantageous for most species of the Ranunculus family. It is not so important if the temperature is higher or lower during the cooling period, but the cooling period has to be prolonged because the synthesis of the germination inducer, hormon-like acid, slows down or comes to a standstill.
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| Container Size(s): | 1 plug per 8/9 cm (3 1/2") |
| Fertilizer: | Medium (150-200 ppm) |
