Hybridized by W. Dekker & Sons, registration in 1991. T. Dordogne has received the Award of Garden Merit (AGM) from the Royal Horticultur...Read Moreal Society (RHS).
San Leandro, CA (Zone 9b) | January 2010 | neutral
In my warmer climate, these have to be precooled for at least 6 weeks before planting to put on a great show. Place in refrigerator cris...Read Moreper away from fruit whose ethylene gas may damage the inside of the bulb that flowers.
Store cool for a minimum of 6 weeks at 35 to 40 degrees up to a maximum of 14 weeks.
Sometimes thses will flower a second year if left inthe ground but often the flowers appear stunted and I have to see any bloom a 3rd year.
I bought the bulbs on clearance in December and the ground was frozen, so I potted them in containers and put them in an unheated shed fo...Read Morer the winter. There are three colors (orangy-apricot, pink, and gold) on each bloom. The plants are pretty tall and the blooms fairly large compared to my other tulips, and they are among the latest to bloom.
Hybridized by W. Dekker & Sons, registration in 1991. T. Dordogne has received the Award of Garden Merit (AGM) from the Royal Horticultur...Read More
In my warmer climate, these have to be precooled for at least 6 weeks before planting to put on a great show. Place in refrigerator cris...Read More
I bought the bulbs on clearance in December and the ground was frozen, so I potted them in containers and put them in an unheated shed fo...Read More