Tulipa batalinii

PaulC 2017

As a true plant, this has become inexplicably scarce of recent years. The name can still be found in lists, but I would bet, fifty to one, that plants offered under this name either fail to arrive, or turn out to be hybrid! We have a small number of flowering sized bulbs, which have just arrived from the only producer that I know of with the real plant! Long-lasting, pale yellow flowers are borne throughout April on 10-15cm stems. As these age, the pale yellow matures to a really beautiful, pastel primrose. It is shorter and far more beautifully coloured than any of the over-abundant hybrids. Garden soil, good drainage, full sun. They can be lifted every few years to ease congestion and clean up old tunics, though this is not essential every year.

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