Kaufmanniana Tulip

Kaufmanniana tulips were developed from the Tulipa kaufmanniana species, which is from Turkestan. This category of tulips has an alternative name of water lily tulips.

These water lily tulips are very small, the average height of this about six (6) inches tall. The blossom of water lily tulips is single cup-shaped flower with six (6) pointed and slightly reflexed petals.

This flower would open fully until almost completely flat on sunny day. A fully open of this tulips look like a water lily, as a result there are an alternative name of water lily tulip.

The blossom of this tulips are unique, there are the colour inside the blossom is dramatically different with the outside of colour. The foliage is either bluish green or mottled with deep purple or brown.

In addition, there are usually long-lived perennials and it would blossom well for several years. They could gradually multiply year after year when undisturbed.

Flowering Period	:	Early Spring Typically flowering slightly later than Fosteriana Tulips and certain Botanical Species of Tulips but there are before most other types of tulips
Bloom Shape / Form	:	Single sup-shaped flower with six (6) pointed and slightly reflexed petals.
Plant Height	:	4 – 12” (10 – 30cm); average : 6” (15cm)
Minimum planting Height	:	4 - 5” (10 – 12cm)
Bloom Colour	:	White, pink, yellow, orange, red, violet
Example tulips with fragrance (colour)	:	There are no fragrance kaufmanniana tulips until this record.
Example tulips without fragrance (colour)	:	Concerto (cream), Fashion (orange-red), Gaiety (rose violet and white), Giuseppe Verdi (red and creamy yellow), Heart’s Delight (red and pink), Johann Strauss (red and pale yellow), Scarlet Baby (red), Shakespeare (red and orange), Showwinner (red), Stresa (red and yellow), Sweet Lady (cream base and red), Tarafa (red and white)