Darželinė tulpė – Tulipa x gesneriana

Darželinė tulpė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant name	Darželinė tulpė
Latin plant name	Tulipa x gesneriana
English plant name	Didier's Tulip
TYPE OF PARTERRE	Borders Clump, beds (mixborder) Flowerbed, parterres Pods Groups Rockery, retaining walls Cemetery Combination with woody plants
ASSORTMENT	main
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil	average wet soils dry soils
Lighting	Heliophilous
Spacing, cm	From 10 to 15
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height	short – 21-40 cm middle height – 41- 60 cm tall - 61-80 cm
Habitus	flower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color	green purple variegated striped
Blossom color	white yellow, yellow tints orange red, red tints violet blue, blue tints green purple striped
Blooming time	spring - April Second Decade - June First Decade
Blooming period	2 months
General ornamentality	average decorative
Ornamentality duration, months	2
Group	short-lived perennial (grown 2-4 years)
Bioecological group	Bulbous and corm
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, bulbs. The flower begins blooming in 8 years after sowing. Propagation by seeds is used only in selection. Tulips are mostly propagated by bulbs. Bulbs of tulips are perennial, but produce alternate and daughter bulbs.