Tulipa 'Vogue' (11)

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tulip 'Vogue'

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A Double Late Group tulip about 40cm tall with peony-like, warm pink, fully double flowers with ruffled petals finely dusted and tipped with palest pink, produced in April/May

Max Height

0.1-0.5 metres

Max Spread

0.1-0.5 metres

Size

Max Spread
0.1-0.5 metres
Max Height
0.1-0.5 metres

Botanical Details

Family
Liliaceae
Native to GB/Ireland
No
Potentially harmful
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Genus
Tulipa are bulbous perennials with characteristic flowers, in a wide range of colours, in spring
Name Status
Unresolved
Horticultural Group

Horticultural Classification Codes

Horticultural Classification Codes are often given to genera which have a large number of species or cultivars. They are used to categorise cultivated plants based on specific, shared characteristics such as shape, colour, size or flowering time, and can be displayed as letters or numbers

For example:
Dahlia ‘Sunset Kate (Sin) = Single flower
Rosa ‘Marigold’ (HT) = Hybrid Tea

Double Late Group tulips flower in late spring, with large, fully double flowers, sometimes with a margin of a different colour

How to Grow

Cultivation

Plant in mid to late autumn, at a depth of 10-15cm in fertile, well-drained soil. Choose a sunny position, with protection from strong winds and excess winter wet. See tulip cultivation for more details

Propagation

Propagate by lifting and separating offsets

Pruning

Deadhead after flowering, and allow flower stem and foliage to die down naturally

Pests

May be susceptible to slugs, aphids and stem and bulb eelworm; squirrels may eat the bulbs

Diseases

May be susceptible to tulip fire, grey mould (botrytis), grey bulb rot, and tulip virus