Wild tulips partner well, Curless says, with low-growing plants with similar needs, such as short varieties of stonecrop (Sedum), which also thrive in poor soil and hot, dry locations.

Wild tulips are ideal for rough spots in full sun where no summer irrigation takes place. Neglect, rather than kindness, suits them. Color choices among these wild things tend toward the warm ...

"Wild tulips are better adapted to difficult conditions," said Christian Curless, a horticulturist for the flower bulb company Colorblends.com.

I saw my first clump of tulips on Saint Patrick's Day, of a variety called, appropriately, the First. I have single late varieties still looking fresh in my garden. The spring has been cool and ...

For many years, poachers digging up species tulips in the wild to sell them was a real worry. Few are left, but these new bulbs are guaranteed to be propagated commercially.

If you're gardening in drought, wild tulips may become your new best friend this year. These are wildflowers that bloom in spring throughout the mountain ranges and hill country of ...

Wild tulips like these were blooming in stark, wind-swept places across central Asia and the Mediterranean […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 55°F. Tuesday, April 16th 2024 ...

Maybe it’s time to rethink the way we landscape using tulips. True, the familiar, large, goblet-shaped blooms make a colorful springtime splash grouped in beds and pots. But those hybrids are ...