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Parrot tulip

Tulipa gesneriana var. dracontia

Also called Garden Tulip, Didier's Tulip, Gesner's Tulip, Tulip

Parrot tulip
Photo: Retired electrician, CC0
Family
Liliaceae (Lily family)
Safety
Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).

About

Parrot tulips are a tulip cultivar group known for their bright colors and petals. The petals have a "serrated" or "fringed" look. The flowers bloom in late spring and reach a size of almost 5 inches (13 cm) in length. Although they are perennials by nature٫ they are often grown as annuals. Parrot tulips come in a wide variety of colors, usually being brightly colored, but can come in darker colors. The flowers originated in France and were brought to the Netherlands in the 18th century.

The flower buds are green in color, but as the flowers mature, their bright colors start to appear. Parrot tulips not a species but are a group of cultivars with the name Tulipa Parrot Group. Parrot tulips are the result of natural mutations to single late tulips and triumph tulips.

Other Tulipa plants

Eyed Tulip · Albanian Tulip · Tulipa alberti · Tulipa aleppensis · Tulipa altaica · Armenian Tulip · Biflora Tulip · Tulipa bifloriformis · Lady tulip · Cretan Tulip · Cyprus tulip · Tulipa dasystemon

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Parrot tulip by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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