tulip 'Abba'

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A double early tulip, up to 30cm high, with green leaves and glowing tomato-red double flowers with yellow centres, flushed dull cardinal-red, and sometimes irregularly feathered with yellow, in mid-spring

Scientific classification

Species: tulip 'Abba' (Tulipa 'Abba')
Genus: Tulipa
Family: Liliaceae

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Toxicity: Bulbs
Plant type: 0.1-0.5 metres
Height: 0.1-0.5 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Clump forming
Habit: Spring
Season of interest: Full sun
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tulip 'Abba' pictures

Distribution of tulip 'Abba'

Distribution map

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Culture

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Toxicity

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Quick identification of tulip 'Abba'

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tulip 'Abba' care guide

Moist soil during active growth, then reduce watering after foliage yellows
Watering: Full sun
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Ideal temperature

Watering

Moist soil during active growth, then reduce watering after foliage yellows

Fertilizing

Light bulb fertilizer at emergence and again after flowering

Pruning

No pruning required

Propagation

Propagate by division of offsets, re-planting the larger bulbs and growing on the smaller bulbs in a nursery bed, or by bulb propagation

Growing

Plant 15-20cm deep from mid-autumn to late autumn in beds or containers, in fertile, preferably neutral or alkaline soil that is free-draining but also able to hold moisture when the bulbs are in full growth, in full sun and with shelter from strong winds; lift bulbs in summer after the leaves have died down, and ripen them in a well-ventilated greenhouse; for more advice, see tulip cultivation

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