tulip

Liriodendron tulipifera - Tulip Tree (1160 readers)

Contributed by amazon 30.05 2007 on 09:42:27 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Trees Match on Title and Article's text

Native to eatern United States. Fast growth to 60 to 80 feet with eventual spread to 30 feet. Forms large pyramidal crown. Good large shade, lawn, or roadside tree. Gives spectacular show of yellow fall color. In warm season, displays handsome tulip-shaped greenish-yellow and orange flowers. Deciduous. Full sun. Provide ample summer water. Hardy to -20 to -10°F. ...

Tulipa 'Flaming Parrot' - Parrot Tulip (585 readers)

Contributed by amazon 30.07 2007 on 10:19:20 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Title and Article's text

Yellow creamy , soft yellow with bright red flames, inside golden yellow with blood red flames. Specially selected tulips for their unique beauty and characteristics. Parrot tulips with their exotic shape, color and design, are the largest and most spectacular of all tulips. They resemble their namesake, colorful tropical birds. Frilled, ruffled and flared petals are splashed and striped with brilliant color combinations that are unlike those of any other tulip. They make gorgeous cut flowers. ...

Tulipa 'Hot Pants' - Hot Pants Triumph Tulip (1558 readers)

Contributed by amazon 18.09 2007 on 11:12:15 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Title and Article's text

This new variety is very unique! Its blooms are distinct with wonderfully contrasting dark purple and pure white stripes decorating each petal. The strong stems, large blooms and medium height make this Triumph Tulip a must have in any spring garden. ...

Tulipa 'Blushing Apeldoorn' - tulip (1203 readers)

Contributed by havlis 02.04 2008 on 14:40:39 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Title and Article's text

Darwin hybrids were created by crossing formerly wild species of tulip from Central Asia (t.fosteriana). The result being huge flowers with almost regular pyramid shape before they open, brilliant colours, and tall, sturdy stems – excellent for cutting. Moreover, they can stand a little neglect if you leave them in the ground for a few years. That on the proviso you do not cut off the leaves before they wither. ...

Tulipa clusiana 'Lady Jane' - Lady Tulip (1790 readers)

Contributed by amazon 18.10 2007 on 10:20:52 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Title and Article's text

Petals are red with a fine white edge. When closed they resemble a candy stripe. The best naturalizer, these Botanical Tulips are not used enough in gardens and borders where they multiply freely each year ...

Tulipa 'Lady Night' - Tulip (1041 readers)

Contributed by amazon 21.10 2007 on 11:31:31 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Title and Article's text

Deepest reddish-black with bright green foliage. Triumph Tulips are the result of crossing between long stemmed Darwin Tulips and varieties of the short stemmed Early Tulips. When planted outdoors, their flowering time is in-between these varieties, blooming late April/early May. With their strong stems, large flowers, and medium heights, Triumph Tulips are excellent as pot plants for Valentines Day and Easter. Also superb in beds or borders. ...

Magnolia x soulangiana ‘Alexandrina’ - Saucer magnolia (2883 readers)

Contributed by amazon 16.05 2007 on 08:52:23 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

Spectacular large shrub or small tree valued for its beautiful large tulip-shaped blooms, purplish-pink with white interior in late winter into early spring. Great garden specimen; use it to anchor shrub beds. Deciduous. Full sun. Moderate grower to 20 to 25 feet tall and wide, smaller as a shrub. ...

Tulips (755 readers)

Contributed by amazon 03.04 2007 on 11:02:58 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Species and Hybrids for the Gardener | Species tulips are becoming more widely available as gardeners wake up to their elegant shapes, vibrant-colored flowers, and suitability for growing in containers, raised beds, and rock gardens. Unlike garden hybrids, species tulips will flower each year without being replaced and will even colonize under the right conditions. ...

Tulipa 'Forged masterpieces' - Triumph Tulip (596 readers)

Contributed by amazon 30.07 2007 on 10:37:01 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Title and Article's text

Although the true Rembrandt Tulips arent grown any longer, weve put together a blend of modern day hybrids to produce our Forged masterpieces Triumph Tulips are the result of crossing between long stemmed Darwin Tulips and varieties of the short stemmed Early Tulips. When planted outdoors, their flowering time is in-between these varieties, blooming late April/early May. With their strong stems, large flowers, and medium heights, Triumph Tulips are excellent as pot plants for Valentines Day and ...

Orchidelirium (524 readers)

Contributed by amazon 27.09 2007 on 09:09:22 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

The Dutch had Tulip Mania in the 17th century. Victorian England had its own equivalent with orchidelirium, an obsessive passion for orchids that has carried into the present day. Orchids remain among the most beautiful, hotly debated, and passionately collected of all flowers. ORCHIDELIRIUM presents Harold Feinsteins breathtaking pictures of orchids--dozens of different varieties and shades of them. In the tradition of the critically acclaimed gift book One Hundred Flowers (Bulfinch Press, 2000 ...

Tulipa 'Jaap Groot' - Single Late Tulip (703 readers)

Contributed by amazon 27.09 2007 on 08:54:07 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Title and Article's text

Jaap Groot is the perfect choice for a soft-coloured theme. It sports buttery yellow petals accented with golden yellow flames. ...

Buried Treasures (659 readers)

Contributed by amazon 07.04 2007 on 11:12:15 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Finding and Growing the Worlds Choicest Bulbs | Take a few chapters from a John le Carré spy thriller, add a hefty dose of exotic travelogue, blend with one of the best books on bulb growing ever written, and youve got Buried Treasures . Since launching his first international mail-order catalog in 1991, Latvian nurseryman Janis Ruksans has rapidly gained a reputation as one of the worlds foremost experts on rare and unusual bulbs: Juno irises striped like exotic birds; gem-like corydalis; dusky ...

Magnolia 'Butterflies' - cucumber magnolia (1578 readers)

Contributed by havlis 19.02 2008 on 08:30:51 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

Another unique jewel among magnolias is this yellow flowering hybrid. It is a cross between m.denudata and m.acuminata (cucumber magnolia). It was raised by Phil Savage in Michigan, USA, in 1988 and patented three years later. ...

Orchid Fever (676 readers)

Contributed by amazon 25.04 2007 on 21:56:30 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

A Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust, and Lunacy | At first blush, the subtitle of intrepid traveler Eric Hansens floral account might seem, well, hyperbolic. After taking this whirlwind tour of the hidden world of rare orchid collectors, the reader will find the words well chosen. Hansen invites us into a strange demimonde of intrigue and desire, at the center of which is the orchid, that shadowy and somewhat sinister parasitic oddball of the plant kingdom. Orchid raising and trading is big busin ...