Two more shots of 'corners of the garden'.
The above photograph is of a tulip in a raised bed of tulips in the centre of the garden. It's a lovely vibrant red colour, but if you enlarge it, you'll see that the spikey edges of the petals make it look rather like one of those insect eating mini man trap type flowers. It's the same colour as the rest of the tulips in this area, and I can only think that the last time we purchased a bag of tulips this one slipped in to the bag and the flower bed. Does anyone know of this type of tulip and what it's called?
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It's spectacular - I don't know it, I'm afraid.
Hi Mike, it is a fairly recent hybrid tulip variety, possibly Tulipa 'Burgundy Lace' a long-stem French tulip which features fringed petals in deep lipstick pink and blooms in late spring. It grows to 30 inches tall. It is possible that all your bulbs are of the same stock and this one had a genetic mutation or 'sport' but more likely as you say a hybrid bulb got mistakenly packaged with your standard ones.
It looks very much like a tulip I have called 'Red Wing', my tulips are now finished so I cannot send a photo of them.
Mystery solved! I asked Ann and she bought four tulips from Partridges, our hardware (etc.) shop, because they were just the same colour as the old ones in this bed (which they are). They've all four come through, but this one was the earliest. I should have checked with the head gardener before writing that blog entry. Still don't really know the breed, as I think Partidges sell bulbs in brown paper bags without labels. I expect either Crowbard or Maggie are right.
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