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White Emperor Tulip
Tulipa 'White Emperor'
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This is the famous white companion for world-famous Red Emperor. The official variety name is Purisima' and it fits: These big white flowers are pure, pure white. For a dramatic pure red and pure white display, simply plant the two Emperors together.
About the famous Emperor Tulips: Early in the 20th Century, a talented Dutch hybridizer named Lefeber worked long and hard with a wild tulip called 'Tulipa fosteriana' from Central Asia. It is red, and from it, he hybridized the group that became known as the Emperor Tulips. From the very small wild form, the enormous-flowered, world-famous Red Emperor was introduced in 1931, and is what we now call a member of the 'Fosteriana Tulip' group. In fact, Red Emperor's official variety name is 'Madame Lefeber' in honor of the original hybridizer's wife.
White Emperor, Orange Emperor and a few others now make up this classic group. Every year millions of Emperor Tulips are planted worldwide, and are favorites for mass plantings in parks, botanical gardens, and other public places. They bloom early, are all the same height (shorter than later tulips), and the huge flowers open wide before they fade, almost like huge poppies.
Since the Emperors are closely related to a wild species, they are much more 'perennial' than most tulips, making them even more valuable.
In America's current Top Ten list for popularity in the US, compiled by the Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Centre, Red Emperor, even though it's now 73 years old, stands tall at No. 7. The second most popular Emperor is White Emperor, and these two are often planted together; the red and white combination is a spring favorite all over the world.
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Overall rating: 4.1666665 / 5 from 6 reviews.
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I really love these!
"I loved these! I love the yellow on the inside. I think their flat appearance now that they're fading is just gorgeous. Love it!"
Very nice. . . but
"These are very pretty and different. When opened in the sun they were very airy and kind of flat. They look MUCH better closed, more like tulips. The petals are very delicate in appearance, some did start to fall apart after about two weeks just from wind and rain. It looked like some of them made extra bulbs with blooms and the blooms were little bitty. Glad I tried them but probably won't buy again."
Nice tulips!!!
"These are great tulips. They are easy to plant. Just follow the simple instructions provided. Always plant tulips in groups, as individual tulips or rows (ugh!) get lost. So, if you buy a pack of 9 bulbs, plant them all together in a group. I planting of 18 or 27 would be even more impressive if you have the space. Although these tulips are technically perennials, my experience has been that you should not expect these tulips to come back every year. I treat them as annuals. From what I've read, even if you did get them to grow as perennials, the second year display would not be as good as the first. Just order and plant new bulbs each year if you like to have awesome tulip displays each year."
Huge Blooms!
"Huge flowers! Out of 10, only 2 have bloomed so far. More have come up but not bloomed yet. Fingers crossed because they are gorgeous and very long-lasting blooms."
Elegant tulip, I will be buying more.
"I bought these tulips to add some spring color to a garden bed. All of the bulbs came up and are blooming."
Better than picture,they are very unique.
"This is a beautiful unique tulip. I plan to get more. Hardy and strong ,had some hard rains after blooming and held up great!"