Tulipa tarda

Also Known As

Tulipa dasystemon 'Tarda'
Tulipa dasystemon tarda
Tarda Species Tulip

Plant type

perennial, bulb / corm / tuber

size

H: 4"-6"
W: 4"-6"

planting zones

4a-8b

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Tulipa tarda plant details

Tulipa tarda is a broadleaf deciduous perennial bulb / corm / tuber with green foliage. In spring white and yellow flowers emerge. Grows well with sun and even moisture - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Prefers to be dry in summer, dry when dormant. Does well in average and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something verticillium wilt resistant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Tulipa tarda

Plant type: perennial bulb / corm / tuber
Plant family: liliaceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 4 IN - 6 IN - wide, 4 IN - 6 IN - tall
Flowers: white and yellow blooms in spring
Uses: border plant, cottage garden, cutting garden, summer dormant

GROWING CONDITIONS for Tulipa tarda

USDA Zones: 4a - 8b
Sun exposure: sun
Watering frequency: even moisture - low
Resistant to: verticillium wilt
Soil needs: average and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Tulipa tarda is one of the most popular species tulips with cheerful yellow petals tipped with white and boasting up to 6 flowers per bulb! Often confused with the single-flowered T. dasystemon in horticulture but our bulbs each year are multi-flowered suggesting T. tarda. Botanical tulips are miniature to small species tulips, cultivars of species, or dwarf named cultivars not far removed from their wild ancestors. They are strongly perennial and will naturalize when happy unlike the large Dutch hybrids which are often treated as annuals or which fail after a couple years.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

Often gardeners get wrapped up in "new" and "rare". Tarda is neither, having been widely grown for hundreds of years. That said, please consider growing them. Their inexpensive, easy, dependable, bright yellow starry blooms are always welcome. The flowering stems produce multiple upward facing flowers you'll come to count on returning year after year in March to April.

By: Leafari

T. tarda, first cultivated commercially in 1590, looks just as Mother Nature introduced her. A top all-around performer, this diminutive species tulip has bunches of elegant star-shaped flowers with chrome-yellow petals edged in bright white. It begs to be planted in large groups, but even five to ten bulbs put on quite a springtime show. Plant T. tarda in those tight spots, where little else will grow, as a perennial springtime groundcover along narrow edges, among rocks and in combination with other perennials with a low to medium height profile. A great perennializer in USDA zones 4-8, some say it is also one of the tulips that can be grown in warmer climates, zones 9-10.