Greigii Tulip named Red Riding Hood
Embossed Black and White photograph by J. McCombie.
Red Riding Hood is a Greigii Tulip which has heavily, brown-purple mottled, streaked or striped leaves...
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Embossed Black and White photograph by J. McCombie.
Red Riding Hood is a Greigii Tulip which has heavily, brown-purple mottled, streaked or striped leaves and a solitary solid red flower (scarlet red inside, carmine outside) with a small black heart; 8"-12"; mid-late spring. It symbolizes eternal happiness and perfect love.
Greigii tulips are also known as Greig's tulips and Turkestan tulips, a reference to the geographic origin of the species from which these hybrids derive. They are shorter than most tulips, averaging about 10 inches tall. Flowers appear in midspring. Most varieties have large, single, bowl-shaped flowers in a range of bright shades of red, yellow, pink, white, or bicolor combinations of these hues. The foliage tends to be mottled in purple, creating additional texture in the garden.
The peacocks and parrots of the bulb world, tulips offer are more sizes, shapes and colors than you can imagine for any type of garden design scheme. Divided into 15 divisions usually depending on shape, bloom time or heritage.Plant 4x their height deep (8"-10" for regular sized tulips; 4"-6" for small tulips); 12+cm bulbs unless otherwise noted. GREIGII TULIPS (Division 14) are defined by the RGBA as: "Tulipa greigii with her cultivars, subspecies, varieties and hybrids, which resemble T. greigii. Mostly with mottled or striped foliage, flowering later than kaufmanniana. Leaves spreading normally on the ground, mostly strongly undulated. Flower shape variable." Greigii tulips are an exceptional landscape value, even when they're not in bloom, because their foliage is like having beautiful, unusual hostas in the garden. One of the best for bedding, patio containers, and in combination with mid spring daffodils; whz 3-8.
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Red Riding Hood is a Greigii Tulip which has heavily, brown-purple mottled, streaked or striped leaves and a solitary solid red flower (scarlet red inside, carmine outside) with a small black heart; 8"-12"; mid-late spring. It symbolizes eternal happiness and perfect love.
Greigii tulips are also known as Greig's tulips and Turkestan tulips, a reference to the geographic origin of the species from which these hybrids derive. They are shorter than most tulips, averaging about 10 inches tall. Flowers appear in midspring. Most varieties have large, single, bowl-shaped flowers in a range of bright shades of red, yellow, pink, white, or bicolor combinations of these hues. The foliage tends to be mottled in purple, creating additional texture in the garden.
The peacocks and parrots of the bulb world, tulips offer are more sizes, shapes and colors than you can imagine for any type of garden design scheme. Divided into 15 divisions usually depending on shape, bloom time or heritage.Plant 4x their height deep (8"-10" for regular sized tulips; 4"-6" for small tulips); 12+cm bulbs unless otherwise noted. GREIGII TULIPS (Division 14) are defined by the RGBA as: "Tulipa greigii with her cultivars, subspecies, varieties and hybrids, which resemble T. greigii. Mostly with mottled or striped foliage, flowering later than kaufmanniana. Leaves spreading normally on the ground, mostly strongly undulated. Flower shape variable." Greigii tulips are an exceptional landscape value, even when they're not in bloom, because their foliage is like having beautiful, unusual hostas in the garden. One of the best for bedding, patio containers, and in combination with mid spring daffodils; whz 3-8.
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