Lady Tulip 'Lady Jane'

I'm in foothills of GA. I have grown this tulip successfully for about 5 years. They reseed in my garden and spread every year. Also th...Read Moreey come true from seed. The easiest species tulip I have.

Tulipa clusiana is known as the Lady Tulip. This species is from Iran east to the western Himalaya. It is one of the only species that ca...Read Moren naturalize in Mediterranean climates that do not have cold winters. The basic flower color is white (although there are forms of various shades of yellow) with the three outer tepals red with a pink band on the back. Inside the flower is a small purple blotch at the base of the tepals.The flowers are also attractive when closed and when the sun shines the flowers open wide. This tulip grows from 13 to 30 cm. Bulbs have a tough tunic with a few hairs around the base and longer hairs at the neck, forming a thick felt that protrudes from the top of the base. The white form is not offered as often as some of the yellow forms.
T. 'Lady Jane' however is a cultivar of this species and hybridized by Van Lierop & Sons; registration in 1992. Comparing to the species T. 'Lady Jane' lacks the purple blotch at the base of the tepals.
T 'Lady Jane' is a slender plant with glaucous leaves, to 25cm tall. Outer tepals of the rather narrow, pointed flowers are soft rose-pink with white margins. Inside the flowers are white with a small yellow centre and contrasting black anthers. It flowers mid spring.
T. 'Lady Jane' received the prestigious Award of Garden Merit (AGM) from the British Royal Horticultural Society in 2008.

Absolutely exquisite. First saw this in the NYC High Line park and couldn't resist. Tried this in my yard, no trouble coming up in bad ...Read Moresoil in bad location.

Elegant, showy flowers with very little foliage. That means less mess when they die down than with the big leafy hybrids. Even the buds a...Read Morere pretty. Bloom time is fairly late in the tulip season.

Few tulips persist long here in Boston Z6a. These have naturalized for me under less than ideal conditions, not just returning but increasing the number of flowering bulbs. I rarely water in summer---all tulips prefer dryness in summer and can rot under regular irrigation.

Very inexpensive, too!