Apricot yellow flowered, with handsome grey green leaves. Easy in a sunny site.
Order Code: 131-7
Tulipa batalinii Bright Green
The species tulips from the families T. linifolia, T. maximoviczii,T. clusiana & T. batalinii are all closely related and will all cross pollinate and there is some debate about the original hybridisation that led to the named varieties available. The species plants occur in Iran, Uzbekistan & Turkestan and are named by the describer (Regal in 1889) after Dr Batalin who was curator at the St Petersburg Imperial Botanical Gardens from 1870 –1896.
The first hybrids were registered in 1901. Bright Gem is the paler of the hybrids, an apricot yellow colour which fades to a buff yellow, but this is complicated by the effects of temperature on flower colour: in warmer weather conditions the same plants take on a more bronzed tinge. The whole plant is about 10-12” (25-30cm) tall with grey green, slightly hairy and sickle shaped leaves. They thrive in lighter soils in sunny well drained conditions, ideally on a limey south facing stony slope. They flower in late April and early May, as with all dwarf tulips beware of mice or squirrels attracted by the carbohydrate reserves in the bulb in late autumn.
Planting instructions
Plant the small bulbs about 3” (7cm) deep and 2”-3” (5-7cm) apart in sunny well drained soil to flower in late April and early May. Beware of squirrel or mice damage.
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