Species Tulip, Crocus Tulip 'Persian Pearl'

T. humilis blooms very early, early in daffodil season, and long before most other tulips. It's a great way to introduce strong fuchsia-p...Read Moreink into the garden at that season.

Like many species, this has little foliage in relation to its flower power. The flowers are individually small (when compared to the hybrids) but large in relation to the leaves, which make less mess in dying down than the hybrids.

Unlike many tulips, this often persists for many years in the garden, though it's slow to increase.

T. humilis is sometimes sold under the names T. pulchella and T. violacea.

I grew this from seed in 2012 and planted the bulblets into the garden in the fall. Much to my surprise, several of the seedlings bloomed...Read More this spring. Even more remarkable, we had a four week long cold spell in November at -20F with no snow cover, and these survived just fine. I hope they naturalize.

This plant had a lot of sucess in my yard. It have a high sprouting rate from bulbs planted the previous fall and continue flowering thro...Read Moreugh the years compare to florist tulips (that's the most common single stalk tulip sold) which are irregular in flowering rate, often waiting many years before flowering constantly. They have a nice lavender color with yellow center. Might have seedlings coming up but not sure. Have grown it for three years now. It will look good with Tulipa tarda, which are similar height but slightly different blooming time. Too bad not more people learn of this bulb.