Species tulips

Live at Three · 2018-10-31 21:25:05

I'm looking for 'species' Tulips, the plain old red ones. Up to now I've used cultivars which just get worse every year, requiring replacing. Apparently the species ones if planted deeply will bloom consistently, a perennial tulip. Does anyone have any experience with these, what types I should be looking for and where…

31-10-2018 10:25PM

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I'm looking for 'species' Tulips, the plain old red ones. Up to now I've used cultivars which just get worse every year, requiring replacing.

Apparently the species ones if planted deeply will bloom consistently, a perennial tulip.

Does anyone have any experience with these, what types I should be looking for and where might I get them?

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#2 01-11-2018 12:03AM

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One of the well known ones is the short red Tulipa praestans 'Fusilier' but there are loads of others.

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