Tulipa vvedenskyi Credit: Tatyana Shulkina

Plant 15-20 (-40) cm, stem hairy, glaucous green. Leaves 4-5, glaucous, variable in size, crisp or slightly wavy. Flowers solitary, large, 2-7 cm in diam., cup-shaped, red, with yellow base, sometimes dark-bordered. Filaments and anthers yellow. V - early spring to beginning of summer. Fl - April (in St. Petersburg mid May). P - freely vegetatively and also by seed. Hardy, can grow in northern regions. Prefers full sun, but tolerates partial shade. Z 4 (3). New.

Central Asia (western Tien Shan, Angren River basin). Debris slopes, rocky soil, talus.

Some other species (mostly from Central Asia) have been studied in St. Petersburg, and can be recommended for cultivation. Species marked * are new to cultivation. The short descriptions give stem height (in cm), colour of the flower and flowering period. The flowering period is given as it is in the wild (sometimes in the alpine zone), and it can be otherwise under other environmental conditions. The appropriate climatic zone and special requirements to soil are also indicated.

Name	Height	Flower colour	& time	USDA zone, soil
Subgenus Tulipa:
*T. affinis Botschantz.	15-30	scarlet-red	May	Z 5 (4), dry
*T. albertii Regel	12-20	red, yellow	May	Z 5 (4), rocky
*T. altaica Pall. ex Spreng	30-50	bright yellow	May	Z 4, rocky
*T. anadroma Botschantz.	30	yellow	May	Z 5 (4), indiff.
*T. borszczowii Regel	15-25	yellow, orange, red	May	Z 6, sandy
*T. brachystemon Regel	10-35	yellow, orange	April	Z 5, gravelly
*T. butkovii Botschantz.	15	carmine, red	April	Z 5, gravelly
*T. hissarica Popov et Vved.	7-10	yellow-green	April	Z 5 (4), dry
*T. korolkowii Regel	7-20	orange-red	March	Z 6, gravelly
T. kuschkensis B. Fedtsch.	15-50	red	March	Z 6, clay
*T. lehmanniana Merckl.	60-40	orange-red, lemon	March	Z 6, dry
*T. mogoltavica Popov. et Vved.	15	red with black	April	Z 5 (4), clay
*T. ostrovskiana Regel	15-25	red, orange-red	April	Z 5, clay
*T. platystemon Vved.	10-20	pale yellow	June	Z 5, rocky
*T. rosea Vved.	10-15	lilac pink	March	Z 6, gravelly
*T. subpraestans Vved.	15-35	red	May	Z 6, gravelly
*T. subquiquefolia Vved.	30-50	red	April	Z 6 (5), dry
*T. tetraphylla Regel	15-25	white-yellow	June	Z 6 (5), dry
*T. tianschanica Regel	5-15	yellow	June	Z 6, sandy
*T. zenaidae Vved.	10-15	yellow	May	Z 6, rocky
Subgenus Eriostemones:
*T. buhseana Boiss.	7-10	cream	March	Z 6, sandy
T. dasystemon (Regel) Regel	10-15	yellow	May	Z 5, indiff.
*T. dasystemonoides Vved.	5-15	yellow	July	Z 4, moist
*T. lipskyi Grossh.	6-10	lilac pink	May	Z 6 (5), rocks
*T. orithyoides Vved.	7-10	white	June	Z 5, gravelly
*T. patens Agardh ex Schult. f.	10-20	pale lilac	April	Z 5, dry place
*T. regelii Krasn.	5-10	white-yellow	April	Z 6, gravelly
*T. sogdiana Bunge	7-15	white	March	Z 6, gravelly
*T. turcomanica B. Fedtsch.	15-25	white	May	Z 6 (5), rocky
*T. turkestanica (Regel) Regel	10-20	white	March	Z 5, gravelly