Tulip Cultivars with Potential for Perennialization in North America 1.

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Spring
Flowering
Period

Flower Colors

Cultivar Name

Average
Plant Ht.
(inches)

1990 USDA
Climate
Zone Usage 2

Very Early Red Showwinner 6-8 8
. Red/Yellow Stresa 6-8 8
. Purple Demeter 12-14 6-8

Early

White Purissima(White Emperor) 10-12 7-8
. Yellow Yokohama 10-12 6-8
. Orange Dillenberg
Orange Emperor
14-18
12-14
6
6
. Red

    Toronto

8-10 6-8
. Red/Yellow Queen of Sheba 14-18 8
. Pink (Rose) Christmas Marvel 10-12 8

Middle

White Kansas 14-18 6
. Yellow Bellona
Candela
Golden Apeldoorn
Golden Parade
Hoangho
Monte Carlo
Yellow Dover
Golden Oxford
10-12
6-8
14-18
14-18
10-12
10-12
14-18
14-16
8
6-8
6-7
6-7
6
7
6-8
6-8
. Yellow/Red Gudoshnik
Jewel of Spring
Striped Apeldoorn
14-18
14-16
14-18
6-7
6-7
6-8
. Orange Juan
Orange Emperor
Orange Sun
10-12
10-12
12-14
6
8
6-8
. Red Apeldoorn
Diplomate
Frankfurt
Hollands Glorie
Ile de France
Margaret Herbst
Oscar
Oxford
Parade
14-18
14-18
14-18
14-18
14-18
12-14
12-14
14-18
14-18
8
6-8
6
6-7v6
8
6
6-8
7-8
. Red/Yellow Beauty of Apeldoorn
Kiezerskroon
Los Angeles
Thule
14-18
10-12
14-16
12-14
6-8
6
6
6
. Red/White Leen van der Mark
Lucky Strike
Merry Widow
Princess Victoria
Spring Song
12-14
14-16
14-16
14-16
14-18
6
7
6-7
6
6-8
. Pink(Rose) Blenda
Don Quichotte
Preludium
10-12
14-18
10-12
6
8
6
. Purple Negrita 12-14 6

Late

White Maureen 14-18 7
. White/Pink Douglas Baader
Make Up
14-18
14-16
6
6
. Yellow

    West Point

14-18 6-7
. Orange Orange Bouquet
Jimmy
12-14
12-14
7
6-7
. Red Balalaika
Bing Crosby
Dyanito
Oriental Beauty
Red Matador
Renown
Rosy Wings
14-18
12-14
12-14
12-14
10-12
14-18
14-18
8
6
6
6
7
8
7
. Red/Yellow Ad Rem
Kees Nelis
10-12
12-14
6
6-7
. Red/White Ballade
Karel Doorman
14-18
12-14
6
6
. Pink(Rose) Angelique
Gordan Cooper
10-12
14-16
8
6-7
. Purple Prince Charles 12-14 6
. Purple/White Arabian Mystery
Dreaming Maid
14-16
14-16
6

Very Late

Orange Orange Favourite 14-16 7-8
. Red(Wine) Burgundy Lace 14-18 7
. Pink(Rose) Sorbet 14-18 7

1 Reference: Nelson, P.V. 1988. Spring-Flowering Bulbs: Trials in North Carolina. N.C. Agr. Res. Ser. Bulletin No. 476.

2 Only climatic zones 6, 7, and 8 were used in Dr. Nelson's trials.

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