Kaufmanniana

Kaufmanniana, an early flowering wild tulip and a marvellous garden plant.

Long red-flushed flower buds open star-like to show an ivory-white interior around a yellow base. Native to the rugged mountains of Kirghizstan where it blooms as soon as the snow melts. In the garden this is the most trustworthy of all wild tulips, flowering for years in a sunny spot. Here in Amsterdam it usually flowers by mid March; a good doer and one of the easiest tulips to grow. Planted in pots, this tulip is a stunner. Height 25cm. 

Suggestion: for an early happy show we scatter the bulbs of blue Chionodoxa or Scilla among them. They bloom at the same time.