Groups of tulips

By pozdnotsvetuschim are Liliales, simple late, or cottage, Rembrandt tulips, parrot, fringed, zelenotsvetnye to late dressing.

Liliales tulips appeared in Europe in the middle of the XVI century. Modern varieties are significantly different from their older brothers stronger and high peduncles, sustainable flower. Plants of this class have the original form of flowers. They elegantly elongated and pointy in the bud. The sun slant off the petals out, and a flower like a lily. 60-80 cm are mainly used for cutting.

Simple late tulips, or cottage, derived in XVIII-XIX centuries in England. This is the most representative class, numbering 551 grade. Flowers they have large, strictly goblet, always with a square base and the other broad-pozakruglennymi petals of different colors and shades. Height from 60 to 80 cm

Tulips Rembrandt - pestrookraschennye. Known to the XVII-XVIII centuries. Now this class has only 3 grades, and until 1981 they were 38. Most likely in the future, this class will be removed from the registry entirely.

Zelenotsvetnye tulips owe their origin to wild type T. viridiflora. Tulips in this class seem exotic: the back of the petals has a greenish color with a rim of pink, white, reddish or yellow color. Class appeared in 1923 and entered the cottage class, but in 1981 they contributed in a separate. Now this class there are 33 varieties.

First parrot tulips have been known since the XVII century. They have large, wide-open flowers with a strangely deformed petals whose edges are wavy indented like feathers of parrots. Originally were the result of mutations of some varieties of tulips of different groups, so that they were weak flower stalks. In the color most often dominated by red, yellow and green colors, which explains their name. Modern varieties have occurred as sportovye deviations in varieties of different classes, most often - Darwin and Triumph tulips, tulips. Therefore, the shortcomings of the first parrot they lack. They have a homogeneous or mixed color from white to purple-black. Plant height from 40 to 65 cm, flowering late, reproduce well. In this class, there are 74 varieties.

This group includes fringed tulips with goblet flower and needle-shaped appendages at the edges of the petals. The first varieties were grown in 30-ies of XX century, now dominated by varieties bred in the 60-80-ies of the same century. They are able to surprise everyone who sees them first time - as if the flowers are decorated with frost. For distillation suitable early varieties that have occurred from Darwin hybrids. For distillation the New Year - varieties that have occurred from Apeldoorn, has registered 50 varieties.

Late terry tulips appeared in the late XVII century. Modern varieties have gustomahrovye, pionovidnye flowers and tall sturdy stems from 40 to 60 cm terry tulip flowers are composed of not six, as usual, and dozens of petals, like peonies. For example, with a huge variety of Miranda intensely red flower at first sight very difficult to distinguish from the pion, as he recalls it. Some varieties bloom at the same time the triumph-tulips. Apply for group planting, cutting and distillation. Nesting is pretty good.

Simple earliest known since the end of XVII century. There have been a result of selection of tall seedlings of the first class European Duc van Tol tulips. This class existed until 1963, then was merged with the simple early. Plants reach 25-30 cm in height. Cupped shape of the flower, while the new varieties - - cup-shaped. Flowers are mostly warm colors (yellow and red). Now class, there are 115 varieties. Flowering begins in early May. These tulips are for distillation, landscape design and flower beds.

Terry-like form emerged earlier simple mutation and tulips Duc van Tol. Known to the XVIII century. Most of them - the descendants of sorts Murillo. Their height is less - 15-25 see flowers they have warm tones. Flowering begins at 3 - 5 days later by early. Form a very small babies. Are used for distillation in pots and landscape design. There are 124 varieties.

This young age group classes. Breeders were used to launch its Central Asian wild species. Tulips of this group differ in the early flowering and bright color. Tall, they came out, there are even dwarf plants. This is an excellent material for alpine slides and early-spring design of the garden. This group includes tulips Kaufman, Foster and Greig.

Tulips Kaufman allocated in 1960. Bloom earlier than other varieties. Plants of these squat, 12-25 cm in height, not more. The lower leaves of plants practically lie on the ground. Flowers are large, stellate or cupped, petals of different colors, but the most common red and orange. Nesting is a medium, do not withstand transportation, but are resistant to the virus pestrolepestnosti. In the northern and middle regions of Russia may be damaged by spring frosts. In the classroom there are 57 varieties.

Tulip Foster isolated in a separate class in 1960. Characterized by a large number and diversity of varieties, differing in height and the length of flowering stems. They are characterized by star-shaped flower with long but not pointed petals brightly colored in warm tones, mostly red, sometimes pink and yellow.

Greig's Tulip is the most beautiful in nature. As a separate class in 1960. Its hybrids have inherited from the progenitor of mottled leaves and bright flowers with a broad base, a slight bend in the midline and outwards, blunt shape petals. In this class, there are about 220 varieties, flat-colored and two-tone (lemon, yellow, fiery red, orange, vermilion, pink and cream). Multiplies very slowly.

Mendeleva tulips withdrawn in 1923. This medium-tall, reaching 35-45 cm in height, plant. Flowers are cup-shape from white to purple. Petals of their thick, fleshy. Flowering begins a week after the earlier.

Darwin Hybrids as a separate group of only 60 of the last century. Of 92 varieties, but their importance in the industrial product range is very large. This class of tulips to embody the best qualities: large size, bright flower, good tolerance to transportation and long-term storage, early flowering, good razmnozhaemost and the ability to distillation. We can say that it is a universal class of tulips.

In the flower farms, and among fans is still dominated by red varieties in this class, but lately, they are increasingly squeezed tulips with coloring the petals of the same class. Have high flower stalks up to 60-80 cm and large goblet flowers. Flowers are usually red or red with yellow edges, but there are other colors. Flowering begins simultaneously with the triumph-tulips. Longest to remain in the cutting. Almost ace fit for the February and March distillation.

Triumph Tulips first demonstrated in 1919. They are compact, so they can be planted more often than Darwin hybrids. These plants are high, reaching 40-70 cm in height. The flowers they are rather large, cup-shaped, varying in color, but in this class, no purple hues, and the shape of a flower is not too diverse. Plants are resistant to wind and rain. Bloom for 5-8 days earlier than pozdnotsvetuschie tulips. Perfectly preserved in the cutting. There are 520 varieties.