Species Tulip, Botanical Tulip, Late Tulip, Tarda Tulip, Wild Tulip

This is one of the few tough tulips for me in my yard. It self seed at a moderate rate, with new plants more like grasses. It have seed ...Read Morepods that in some years last well into summer, other years tend to be short living. It seem to thrive in light shade in sandy soil and I am watching it and see if it is part shade tolerable but this may take three to five years before it spreads this far.

Edit update: So far the sources I have read so far says that they will grow in mostly sandy soils (very well drained soil) and maybe struggle to grow in clay soil.

This is my first time plantingTulip Tarda (Tulipanes Tarda). I planted them just after Memorial Day, May 30th and by July 1st they had bl...Read Moreoomed and died. This was a very short lifespan. I did gather the seeds. I have some questions; will they come back this year or next year. What shall I do with the seeds? plant now or next year? How far apart? Etc.?

Mine are growing in a mix of about 50% topsoil (whatever that means when the guy who does your interlocking paving brings in a truckload)...Read More and limestone screenings on the east side of the house where they get a lot of sun. They do beautifully and the clumps are gradually increasing. Like all tulips they are a bit of a pain when the foliage starts to brown and die back.
It doesn't appear to need the baking that the large hybrids need -the beds it is in contain roses and fern-leaf peony that I water heavily all summer.

Performed very well in my Rawdon, Quebec garden. Showy and inexpensive - good bang for the buck.

I gather that the Tulipa tarda sold in the trade is generally a close relative, Tulipa dasystemon. Whatever it really is, ...Read Moreit self seeds abundantly in our St John's, Newfoundland garden and can become a bit of a weed! Hybridises with other related tulips too - like T. urumiensis and T. turkestanica so we get many mongrels. It's clearly a species that doesn't need a summer baking if it does well here!

I love this little tulip with a 6 weeks long blooming season..it's so cheerfull and reliable. It 's blooming now (starts end of march in my zone).

A species tulip blooming early and only 4-6 inches tall. Flowers open to a star shape, white with a wide yellow center.