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Book -Tulips and their Natural History-

Tulips and their Natural History Jac. J. de Groot, 2024 edition Part 1,2,3 ISBN 978-94-6481-758-4 Tulips and their Natural History is a book in A4 format, printed in three parts for ease of handling. It is written in English.

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Hermodactylus tuberosa

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Widow Iris. Intro: 1597. Origin: Southern Europe, North Africa, Israel and Turkey. The long and square leaves appear very early. The fragrant flowers are quite special: the ascending portion of the flower (the standard) is yellowish green while...

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Tulipa 'Danique'

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Gorgeous multi-flowered tulip with silver-pink flowers, adorned with some greenery on the outside of the petals. Once the flower opens, the soft blue centre appears, edged with a fine white line. Originating from the Ornamental Plants Test Centre,...

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Tulipa 'Garden of Clusius'

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In honour of the 425th anniversary of the Hortus Botanicus in Leiden, this pink, multi-flowered, low tulip was named in 2015. Although he was not the first to introduce the tulip to the Netherlands, Carolus Clusius, the first prefect of the Hortus...

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Tulipa 'Honky Tonk'

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A small tulip with grey-green wavy leaves. The soft yellow flowers show a pink blush on the outside of the petals. The inside is bright soft yellow. The Institute for the Distribution of Horticultural Crops created this tulip. W. van Lierop & Zn....

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Tulipa 'Ice Stick'

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The wild form is found in the Tien Shan mountains on grassy and rocky slopes. 'Ice Stick' was selected from the wild by the Botanical Garden in Tashkent. Introduced and registered in the Netherlands by Janis Ruksans and J.S. Pennings. Stands out...

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Tulipa 'Little Beauty'

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Cheerful dwarf tulip whose purple-pink flowers show off a striking cornflower-blue heart. Around the blue heart is a pale pink circle. At the time from the I.V.T. in Wageningen and registered by W. van Lierop & Zn. in 1991.

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Tulipa 'Little Princess'

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Another dwarf tulip from the I.V.T. at Wageningen and registered by W. van Lierop & Zn. in 1991. Beautiful warm orange flowers with a purple-black centre surrounded by a buttercup-yellow circle. There is a green blush on the outside of the petals.

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Tulipa 'Lizzy'

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A fairly recently, 2016, introduced cultivar with a pleasant, natural look. The pointed shape of the flowers betrays that one of its parents should be T. whittallii. The dark red flowers bud just above the ground, after which the stem lengthens to...

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Tulipa 'Peppermintstick'

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A cultivar from 1998, similar to the candy cane tulip. Cherry red flowers with a white edge. The inside of the flower is ivory white, the tip is cherry red and the heart is violet. An excellent lookalike, which naturalises reliably.

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Tulipa 'Tiny Timo'

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A few years ago crossings of T. hageri x T. aucheriana were carried out by the Centre for Plant Breeding and Reproduction Research. Amon others this cheerful little tulip emerged, named after Timo, our nearly fourteen year old son. A gorgeous...

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Tulipa acuminata

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Intro: 16th century. First described in 1813 when M. Vahl included it on a plant list of the Botanical Gardens in Copenhagen. It is actually a hybrid that carries the name of a species. Also known as the 'horned tulip'. The long and curiously...

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Tulipa albertii

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Intro 1877. Origin: Central Asia around the Tien Shan mountains. Named after Dr Albert von Regel, physician and noted collector of tulips. Flowers are shiny vermillion-red, orange or sometimes yellow. Striking dark spots at the base, sometimes...

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Tulipa aucheriana

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Introduced by H. Elwes in 1880, but discovered in 1838 by Pierre Aucher - Eloy. Origin: Iran and Syria. The two to five grey-green, wavy leaves are about 15 cm long. One to three pink flowers with pointed petals and a yellow-brown heart. The...

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Tulipa aucheriana 'Jara'

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A 2021-registered, multi-flowered, richly flowering cultivar. The outside of the flower is red with a tinge of yellow, the inside is yellow with a purplish-red tinge at the edge. The slender green leaves have a sharply wavy red margin.

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Tulipa aucheriana 'Mara'

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A multi-flowered, dark red tulip, also registered in 2021. The pointed petals are very dark red from the base and turn lighter towards the top, rich flowering. The slender leaves have a wavy red margin.

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Tulipa aucheriana x hageri -geel-

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A new tulip created at the Centre for Plant Breeding and Reproduction Research. Slender flowers on a dark flower stem, coloured bronze-yellow on the outside, tapering to pinkish red. The inside of the flower shows purplish-red spots from the heart...

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Tulipa aximensis

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Intro: 1894. Collected by Abbé Robert Fritsch near Aime in Savoy, France. The large flowers are bright red, in bud the petals show a distinct grey sheen, which disappears on opening.

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Tulipa bakeri 'Lilac Wonder'

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Intro: 1971. The original T. bakeri is native to Crete. The powerful cultivar has rounded petals, pink lilac in colour with a large round yellow heart on the inside. The outer leaves are pastel-coloured mauve. Uncomplicated, a nice garden tulip.

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Tulipa batalinii 'Bright Gem'

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Intro: 1952. W.R. Dykes crossed T. batalinii x T. maximowiczii, from which arose, inter alia, 'Bright Gem'. This successful little tulip has charming sulphur yellow flowers with an orange blush on the outside. When the sun starts shining, the...

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Tulipa batalinii 'Red Hunter'

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Intro: 1889. Origin: Central Asia, the Pamir-Alai mountains. Named after Dr Batalin, the director of the St Petersburg Botanical Garden who sent it to Kew around 1888. As soon as the sun shines, the flowers fold open completely. Grey-green...

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Tulipa batalinii 'Salmon Gem'

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A salmon-coloured pride from the hands of J. de Winter, registered in 1999. Received a Certificate of Approval from the Trial Garden K.A.V.B. in the same year. Salmon orange flowers with a warm orange blush.

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Tulipa clusiana

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Intro: 1802, , descriptions date from the 16th century. Lady Tulip or Candy Tulip. Origin: Northeast Afghanistan and Kashmir (growing wild in some places), southern France and the Greek islands. In Europe they were spread by hitchhiking in the...

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Tulipa clusiana 'Annika'

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A multi-flowered cultivar, registered in 2017 by W. van Lierop & Zn. B.V. The flower starts light salmon pink and turns to fuchsia pink. Beautiful is the contrast of the purple to black centre, which is visible when the flowers open.

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Tulipa clusiana 'Chitral Vale'

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A vigorously growing clone, strikingly larger than the species. The beautifully shaped flowers are slightly more bulbous and larger, but the brilliant colour combination, pinkish red with white and the fantastic dark centre are unmistakable. The...

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Tulipa clusiana 'Cynthia'

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Introduced by Van Tubergen in 1959. The cream yellow flowers have a red glow with a green edge on the outside of the petals. The anthers are also green. Award of Garden Merit in 1999. A whole new application for the Tulipa is planting it in the...

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Tulipa clusiana 'Lady Jane'

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W. van Lierop & Zn. B.V. registered this elegant slender tulip with faintly sweet-smelling flowers in 1992. The outside of the petals is soft pinkish red, the inside is all-white with a small yellow heart.

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Tulipa clusiana -Mix-

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A mixture featuring several cultivars of Tulipa clusiana. A colourful spectacle that, when planted in a sunny spot, has a long flowering period and returns several years. Also combines well with earlier flowering bulbous plants such as Chionodoxa,...

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Tulipa clusiana var chrysantha 'Tubergens Gem'

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Intro: 1969. This higher selection won many certificates, among others at the Floriade Amsterdam of 1972. The three outer petals are carmine red, the three inner petals are sulphur yellow. The inside of the flower is yellow with yellow anthers....

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Tulipa clusiana var. chrysantha -grootverbruik-

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Fijn geel-rood tulpje prima voor verwildering.

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Tulipa clusiana var. stellata

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Intro: 1827. Origin: among others, the north of Afghanistan and Pakistan. The flowers miss the species' characteristic black throat. On the outside the white flowers have a rosy blush and the whole has a pink glow. The flower stem is longer, 30-35...

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Tulipa cretica 'Chania'

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A fascinating selection from Tulipa cretica found in the mountains of Crete, around Kisamos, Lapsili, Mount Ida, Cape Malacca, Sitra and Akrotiri, near scrub. Very soft pink, almost white flowers up to three on a single stem, with a pink blush on...

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Tulipa cretica 'Hilde'

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Also a hybrid from Tulipa cretica, multi-flowered, up to three flowers per flower stalk. Star-shaped, soft pink flowers, which are still white when budding. From the brownish-purple flower stalk, there is a soft bluish-purple glow over the...

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Tulipa didieri

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An ornamental tulip that buds from a narrow pointed bud. Common in southern Europe, especially in the Savoys. First described in 1846 by Alexis Jordan, one of the first Neo-tulips described as a species. The flowers are usually dark pinkish-red,...

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Tulipa dubia 'Beldersai'

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A. Vvedensky described T. dubia in 1935 after a Tulipa collected near the Chotan River in the western Tien-Shan at high altitude. Dubia means: with some doubt. The offered form originally grows on the slopes of the Beldersai valley, near Mount...

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Tulipa eichleri 'Clare Benedict'

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Tulipa eichleri, as cultivated in the Netherlands, is an unknown species from Central Asia. Clare Benedict is a 1956 hybrid with striking, bright scarlet flowers with a black centre. Great for naturalising in a sunny position in permeable soil.

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Tulipa greigii

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Tulipa hageri

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Intro: 1874. Origin: Greece, Crete and near Izmir (Turkey). Named after Friedrich Hager by Theodor von Heldreich, both of whom introduced the little tulip. The bell-shaped flowers have a colour that is a cross between copper and scarlet with a...

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Tulipa heweri

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Native to northern Afghanistan, collected by Professor Tom Hewer and Grey Wilson in 1969. Brought to market through Wageningen by L.W.D. of Raamsdonk. A very alluring little tulip with shiny yellow flowers that have a red flame on the outer...

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Tulipa humilis

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Origin: Northern and Northwestern Iran (Elburz Mountains) and Kurdistan. Intro: 1844. Only 10-12 cm high with a variable flower colour, from mauve to violet with a large yellow base. The flowers are cup-shaped, but open in a star shape in the sun.

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Tulipa humilis 'Alba Coerulea Oculata'

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Intro: around 1989. Collected in northwestern Iran. This very beautiful little tulip becomes a true eye-catcher in early April. Once the elegant white flowers open, they show a steel blue heart. Award of Merit by the R.H.S. in 1989.

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Tulipa humilis 'Eastern Star'

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Introduced by Visser Czn. in 1975. Magenta pink flowers with a bronze-green flame on the outer petals. The heart is canary yellow. In the year of its introduction the oriental star immediately received a Certificate from the K.A.V.B. testing ground.

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Tulipa humilis 'Lilliput'

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Intro: 1987 (Visser Czn.). A multi-flowering 'dwarf' of about 10 cm high with cardinal red, shapely flowers featuring a black heart.

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Tulipa humilis 'Odalisque'

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Striking dwarf tulip with intense magenta-purple flowers, the base is striped green on the outside. The large heart has a buttercup-yellow colour. From the hands of Visser Czn, 1976.

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Tulipa humilis 'Persian Pearl'

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Introduced in 1975 by Grullemans, ended up via W. Lemmers at Fisherman Czn. where it was named. The sepals are magenta pink with a green glow on the outside and cyclamen purple on the inside. The heart is buttercup yellow.

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Tulipa humilis 'Red Beauty'

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This abandonment was found by Kesteloo Bloembollen in a batch of T. humilis 'Persian Pearl'. The outside of the red petals give a silvery impression. When the flower opens, the dark purple-red centre with its yellow base stands out. A beautiful...

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Tulipa iliensis

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Intro: 1879. Origin: Tien Shan (Central Asia) and China where they occur in the Dzungaria - Kashgar area on rocky and grassy slopes. Closely related to T. altaica. The flower colour is lemon yellow with violet hues on the outer petals. The anthers...

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Tulipa ingens

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Origin: Central Asia (Pamir - Alai, Zeravshan). Collected by Paul Graeber in 1901. The 40 cm high reddish coloured flower stalk is remarkable. The cup-shaped and very large scarlet flowers have a glossy finish. 'Ingens' means huge. On the inside,...

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Tulipa kolpakowskiana

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Origin: In the hills near the Tien Shan mountains of Kazakhstan in the Altai Mountains and past the border in northwest China. The one, sometimes three yellow flowers with pointed petals feature reddish spots on the outside, the flowers have a...

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Tulipa lemmersii

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In 2009, Dr Ben Zonneveld conducted research on the genome size of wild tulips. For that research, more than 400 wild tulips from Europe and Asia were obtained. One of the species discovered in the study was T. lemmersii from the Mashad pass in...

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Tulipa linifolia

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Origin: high in the mountains of Tajikistan, highly variable but always red. The narrow, corrugated, grey-green leaves have red edges and form a rosette. The wonderful scarlet flower with pointed petals is slightly lighter towards the edge and...

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Tulipa mauritiana 'Cindy'

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T. mauritiana is a late-flowering species from the Savoys in eastern France. First described in 1858. In 1979, it was Visser Czn who found this little-offered obliteration. The outside of the flower shows a lemon-yellow flame on a primrose-yellow...

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Tulipa orphanidea 'Flava'

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This multi-flowering little tulip has yellow flowers with red tips, with on the outer petals a hint of green and orange. The heart and the anthers are bronze. Locations of the variable species are mainly western Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria....

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Tulipa orthopoda

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A rather rare species about which not much can be found in the literature yet. Native to the mountains of Tajikistan, closely related to T. orythioides. The large white star-shaped flowers have a yellow centre halfway up the petals and are borne...

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Tulipa polychroma

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Intro: 1885. Origin: Northern Iran and northwestern Afghanistan. A multi-flowering, only 10-15 cm high tulip. When the sun shines, they look like a bunch of 'stars'. The flower colour is white with some violet on the outer petals. Both the base...

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Tulipa praestans 'Füsilier'

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A Fusilier was a type of soldier from the end of the 17th century and was named after his weapon, the 'fusil', a flintlock musket. A fancy name for this fiery, multi-flowered little tulip. From every bulb grow five to seven flowers. A cultivar of...

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Tulipa praestans 'Shogun'

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Beautiful warm orange-yellow flowers, several per stem, initially appear low to the ground, but the flower stems keep becoming longer during growth. Striking appearance, but even so just as subtle as a wild tulip. Shogun was originally the title...

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Tulipa praestans 'Zwanenburg Variety'

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Scarlet flowers, appearing in multiples from a bulb, still make this somewhat older cultivar, from the hands of Mr Hoog, attractive. A number of new cultivars have emerged from this slightly taller form with fresh green leaves.

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Tulipa regellii

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A very exclusive tulip, only suitable for greenhouse cultivation. Normally, the Tulipa forms only one leaf with longitudinal angular fold lines at the top, as it were. The pleasantly scented flower is white with a pink tinge and a yellow centre....

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Tulipa sarracenica

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A Neo-tulip. Origin: France, especially near St.-André, the Savoys. A very rare species with large blood-red round petals, the centre is yellow and embellished with olive-green spots. Late flowering, May-June.

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Tulipa saxatilis

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T. saxatilis has been known since the early 17th century. At that time it was called 'The Tulip of Candie' (Candie or Candia is the old name for Crete). Reintroduced in 1870 by George Maw. Origin: Crete. Six to twelve green leaves form a rosette....

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Tulipa sprengeri

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Intro: 1894. Was found in the Pontic Mountains near Amasya in Turkey. Of all species Tulipa this one flowers latest, late May, early June. The slim, bright red-orange flower grows above the long and narrow shiny green leaves. The backs of the...

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Tulipa stapfii

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Origin: Western Iran and northern Iraq. Named after Otto O. Stapf (1857-1933), a botanist who has studied the genus Tulipa genus his whole life. Dark crimson-scarlet, cup-shaped flowers with a dark violet spot in the heart. That spot is sometimes...

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Tulipa subbiflora

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A tulip from Central Asia, especially in the Pamir Mountains. Described in 1971 by Vvedenski in the herbarium Flora Asiae Mediae. One to two flowers appear on the 10-15 cm long flower stalk, white with a yellow centre, mottled purple-green on the...

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Tulipa sylvestris

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Perhaps the oldest described species, Rembertus Dodonaeus described the forest tulip in 1568. The oldest depiction in Europe of T. sylvestris is from 1549. Origin: Iran, North Africa and Europe, also in the Netherlands, but probably feral, native...

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Tulipa tarda

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Introduction: 1933. Before that, it was known under the name T. dasystemon. Origin: Tien Shan. Its four to seven tortuous, shiny leaves form a rosette. The up to six -two or three on average- star-shaped flowers are so close together that they...

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Tulipa turkestanica

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Intro: 1875. Origin: Central Asia, Turkestan and northwest China. One of the earliest flowering species. The leaves are grey-green in colour and the 20 cm high flower stem is hairy. The twelve tapered white flowers with oval petals have a...

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Tulipa ulophylla

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Intro 1967. A rarely offered species from Iran, Kohsh Jelagh and Haraz valley, Olang Pass in the Elburz Mountains. The long, slender, grey-green leaves stay low to the ground. The flowers are a gleaming warm red, and when they open as a cup, not...

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Tulipa whittallii

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Intro: 1929. Origin: Western Turkey. Named after Edward Whittall who had a nursery near Izmir. The name was already used in 1920 but registred in 1940. This small tulip that blooms in April has bright orange inner petals with a dark glow towards...

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Tulipa zonneveldii

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A new species from the eastern Chatkal Mountains in Kyrgyzstan, introduced by J.J. de Groot and K.S. Tojbaev. Initially thought to be a form of T. ferganica, but given its different growing conditions - this tulip grows among shrubs in a partially...

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