TOW favorite pink
Jane McGary (Fri, 13 Aug 2004 13:06:11 PDT)
Jim wrote,
Incidentally, [Tulipa saxatilis] it is by no means the only fragrant
tulip. This year I grew
Tulipa polychroma for the first time and was very impressed with the
fragrance. I don't know if that one will persist in northern California,
but another readily available species, Tulipa sylvestris, might, and it too
is nicely fragrant.
Most varieties of Tulipa humilis have a lovely fragrance that carries well,
and some are fairly pink, though more on the magenta end of it.
I never noticed fragrance in T. sylvestris, probably because it's usually
cold here when it flowers in the garden. In winter I usually notice
fragrance only in the bulb frame, and the only tulips I grow there are
those I've grown from seed, because I find the purchased ones too likely to
introduce diseases.
That reminds me of another pink tulip, which I posted on the wiki last
spring: Tulipa cretica, shown growing in the bulb frame, raised from
Archibalds' seed.
Jane McGary
Northwestern Oregon, USA