Triumph Tulip named Gavota

This piece has been featured in the FAA Group, Roses And Tulips.... more

by J McCombie

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Triumph Tulip named Gavota

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J McCombie

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This piece has been featured in the FAA Group, "Roses And Tulips".
The tulip is a perennial, bulbous plant with showy flowers in the genus Tulipa, of which around 75 wild species are currently accepted and which belongs to the family Liliaceae. The genus's native range extends west to the Iberian Peninsula, through North Africa to Greece, the Balkans, Turkey, throughout the Levant (Syria, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan) and Iran, North to Ukraine, southern Siberia and Mongolia, and east to the Northwest of China. The tulip's centre of diversity is in the Pamir, Hindu Kush, and Tien Shan mountains. It is a typical element of steppe and winter-rain Mediterranean vegetation. A number of species and many hybrid cultivars are grown in gardens, as potted plants, or as cut flowers.
The peacocks and parrots of the bulb world, tulips offer are more sizes, shapes and colors than you can imagine for any type of garden design scheme. Divided into 15 divisions usually depending on shape, bloom time or heritage.Plant 4x their height deep (8"-10" for regular sized tulips; 4"-6" for small tulips); 12+cm bulbs unless otherwise noted. TRIUMPH TULIPS are defined by the RGBA as: "Single flowered cultivars, stem of medium length, midseason flowering. Original the result of hybridization between cultivars of the Single Early Group and the Single Late Group." Widest range of colors and heights; Note: approximately 10% of all tulips produced are purchased for outdoor garden use. Since 90% of the market is being used for pot culture, naturally, that's also where most of the hybridizing efforts and production dollars are being spent. Triumph tulips are used mainly for forcing and are the largest group of tulips available; very showy but generally not as perennial; whz 3-8; most bloom mid spring.
Div. 3: Triumph ￿ single, cup shaped flowers up to 6 cm wide. Plants grow 35￿60 cm tall and bloom mid to late season.
Truly elegant, the Gavota Triumph Tulip is striking with its deep burgundy petals, thickly edged with a brilliant yellow. Growing only 12-18" tall and blooming in mid-Spring, this tulip will make a great border plant or differing height interest in a spring garden.

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October 24th, 2011