Orient tulip

Garden uses

Notes

'Orient' tulip (Tulipa 'Orient') is a bulb for borders, cut flowers, and cottage gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full sun and average moisture. The flowers are carmine violet, flushed fawn, and they open from early to late spring. E.H. Krelage & Son bred it in 1917.

Pairs well with Thalia daffodil, Singing In The Rain peony, and Ernest Markham clematis.