Fosteriana Tulip

Fosteriana tulip developed from Tulipa fosteriana, this is a wild species of tulip found in mountainous areas of Central Asia. With the comfortable weather, it may result the blossom of this tulips are huge, wide petals with brilliant colour.

These tulips are the earliest flowering ‘mid-height’ tulips, this is means that beside the Kaufmanniana Tulip and Botanical Species Tulips, these would probably be the first tulips in garden.

These tulips are commonly known as Emperor Tulips, and some of the varieties of tulips are name by using the emperor. For example, ‘White Emperor’, ‘Orange Emperor’, ‘Red Emperor’, ‘Pink Emperor’.

The blossom has a cup shaped with a strong stems, the colour range is from red, yellow, pink, orange, white. The colour of this foliage is glossy green or grayish-green, and it could be mottled or stripped.

In addition, these tulips are perennial well and it would blossom well for several years. They could gradually multiply year after year when undisturbed.

Flowering Period	:	Early Spring These would be the first flowering tulips in garden beside from < Fosteriana Tulips and Botanical Species of Tulips.
Bloom Shape / Form	:	Cup-shaped, large and wide bloosom
Plant Height	:	10 – 20” (25 – 50cm); average : 14” (36)
Minimum planting Height	:	6” (15cm)
Bloom Colour	:	White, pink, yellow, orange, red
Example tulips with fragrance (colour)	:	Orange Emperor (orange with yellow base), White Emperor / Purissima (white)
Example tulips without fragrance (colour)	:	Candela (lemon yellow), Concerto (white), Golden Emperor (golden yellow), Juan (orange with yellow base), Pink Emperor/Solva (rose pink), Princeps (red with bronze green base), Red Emperor/Madame Lefeber (red), Sweetheart (lemon yellow with white edges), Yellow Purissima (golden yellow), Zombie (red and cream)