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Bright Parrot - ...and bright it is! a true 55 mph flower that will draw eyes from great distances; with the substance and thickness of the petals, this one should put on a show for a long time!
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. They are an incredible source of inexpensive color for the garden. Almost every color in the spectrum is available except true blue. Intensity of the colors sometimes varies according to climate and even from one season to another. Divided into 15 divisions usually depending on shape, bloom time or heritage.Plant 4 _ their height deep (8"-10" for regular sized tulips; 4"-6" for small tulips); 12+cm bulbs unless otherwise noted. PARROT TULIPS are defined by the RGBA as: "Single flowered cultivars with laciniate, curled and twisted tepals. Mainly late flowering. Stem of variable length." A flower arrangers dream, these birdlike flowers are often scalloped and heavily fringed; flowerheads can be heavier, so give protection from wind and harsh weather; often seen in European floral paintings; zones 3-8
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Jul 29, 2006
Apr 25, 2007
not sure which this one is, but it's one of these parrots I think
Oct 3, 2007
figured if I was gonna add it to the contest the least I could do was get off my duff and add it here too- I will miss these guys next year
there probably isn't much hope that any of these will rebloom :(
