Terry tulips are grown in many countries around the world. Because many flower lovers simply cannot imagine a spring garden without these popular, elite primroses. Of course, each variety of tulips has its own zest and only its inherent charm, but terry varieties are perhaps the brightest and most festive.

The most common varieties

Terry tulips stand out among all plant varieties with a long flowering period (15 days), but at the same time they have a short growing season.

Terry tulips

Most often, the following varieties can be found in gardens:

  1. Monte Carlo has yellow colored buds. Their diameter can vary from 6 to 10 cm. The height of the plant does not exceed 20 cm. This species is resistant to various diseases and vagaries of the weather.
  2. Tulip Abba red tone. It has a height of up to 10 cm. It is resistant to diseases. Used to decorate borders. The fragrance of the tulip Abba lasts 14 days.
  3. Monte Orange has carrot-tone flowers. He has a high immunity to disease. The stem height reaches 15 cm.
  4. View of Queen of Marve painted in lilac and pink tones. It has a height of about 50 cm, it tolerates bad weather and illness.
  5. Monterey variety possesses fragrant white buds. Fragrances for more than 15 days.
  6. Tulip Orange Princesses colored in orange tones. The height of its peduncle ranges from 15 to 20 cm. Resistance to various diseases is average. The Orange Princess tulip is used to decorate flower beds in parks.
  7. Freeman type differs in large orange glasses of flowers. Their diameter ranges from 12 to 15 cm. It has a high immunity to various diseases.
  8. Monsella variety painted in two tonalities. He has yellow and red stripes on the petals. The diameter of the flower is 10-12 cm, and the growth is from 15 to 20 cm. It tolerates bad weather and illness.
  9. Terry tulip Red similar in appearance to a poppy. It has scarlet buds up to 11 cm in diameter.
  10. Verona variety painted in cream tones. Its glasses reach a diameter of 9-10 cm. The height of the stem ranges from 20-30 cm. It tolerates the vagaries of the weather and fungal diseases.

Monte Carlo

It is worth noting that the terry variety is not the most common among tulips (about 9% of the total world assortment), but has been known for a long time.

Many well-known flowers were not included in the conditional top ten varieties: Royal Acres (purple), Red Princes (bright red with pearlescent tints), White Touch (snow white), Sinopel (green) and others. However, they also deserve the attention of flower lovers.

Note: early plants have small bulbs and fewer bulbs than other types. This variety is dug up every year, then transplanted to another place.

Agricultural technology of cultivation

Planting is done in spring or autumn in flower beds, along paths or near curbs. The bulb is buried 1/3 of its height. A distance of 15 cm is left between the seedlings. Before planting, superphosphate is placed in a hole up to 30 cm deep.

Terry lilies

Sprout care is as follows:

  • the plants are fed 3 times during the entire growing season;
  • sick flowers are taken out with a clod of earth and a bulb in the spring, and then burned, pouring potassium permanganate into the hole;
  • weeding must be done carefully so as not to damage the roots;
  • withered specimens are cut off when a seed capsule forms on them, and 2-3 leaves are left next to the bulb.

Important! You cannot fertilize them with manure. This will cause the development of a fungal infection.

Description of other popular varieties

In addition to the above species, gardeners, in their summer cottages, plant other types of this flower.

Tulips: planting and care in the open field

Some of them are described as follows:

  • Tulip Ice Cream

It has white buds. Their radius can reach 5.5 cm. Disease resistance is average. Grows well in flower beds.

Tulip Ice cream is capricious in its care and reproduction. For re-planting, its bulbs are planted in mid-autumn.

Attention! Another common name among Russian flower lovers is the tulip Plombir.

In Russia it is known as the Tulip Ice Cream. It grows well in the south of the country and in its middle zone. In Siberia and the Far North, this variety is recommended to be planted in greenhouses, and then planted in flower beds. The plant tolerates frost well.

  • Tulip Blue Diamond

Painted in a bright lilac tone. Its buds bloom in mid-May. The stem has a height of 40 to 60 cm. It grows well in central Russia.

  • Tulip Miranda

The plant stretches 50 cm. The flower is painted in bright tones of red. His glasses reach 12 cm in diameter.

Has an average resistance to fungal infections. The Miranda tulip needs to be protected from excessive moisture and wind. It grows well in highlands, sunlit areas.

Tulip Miranda

  • Tulip Snow Crystal

An amazing tulip that combines two unique qualities: fringe and terry.

It has large buds, colored in white. The sizes of these flowers can range from 10-15 cm.The length of the stem reaches 50 cm.

It is interesting! It will be perfectly combined with simpler perennials, such as the scylla, which will only emphasize the beauty of the flower.

  • Columbus tulip

It is an annual cut plant. Its height ranges from 45-50 cm.The diameter of the crimson flower is 12 cm.

The Columbus tulip blooms in mid-spring, and its fragrance lasts 12-15 days.

  • Tulip Mondial

Another bright representative of white.

Its buds have a rather weak aroma. Stem height reaches 50-60 cm. It tolerates adverse conditions well. Tulip Mondial looks like a peony.

Tulip Mondial

  • Tulip Foxtrot

Used by landscape designers for landscaping parks. It blooms once a year. It stretches in height up to 50 cm.The radius of the flower is more than 5.5 cm.

The Foxtrot tulip is colored pink. Looks good in flower arrangements. When dissolved, the glass reaches a diameter of 8 cm.

  • Tulip Double Princesses

Painted in pink, purple and lilac tones. Plant height ranges from 30 to 35 cm. The bud opens in April.

  • Tulip Angelica

It has a stem up to 40 cm long. Its petals are pink. The glass grows up to 5-6 cm, and the flower diameter reaches 8-9 cm.

Attention! Angelique tulip can be grown in a room or used in a greenhouse.

  • Tulip Sensual Touch

It boasts fringes around the petals. The height of its stem is 20-35 cm. The flower reaches 9-10 cm in diameter. It has an orange color.

The Sensual touch tulip is intended for cutting and planting in park beds.

Every year breeders create new varieties of tulips, the market is filled with new samples. When choosing the right specimen, a novice gardener should be guided by his own taste and recommendations of a reliable manufacturer.

Note: it is best to choose the desired variety according to the manufacturer's catalog. In this case, the flower lover can be sure that he will receive exactly the variety he dreams of.

If all the requirements for caring for tulips are fulfilled, the grower has the opportunity to admire the blossoming glasses for 10-15 days or cut them off to create bouquets and various decorative compositions.

If a flower lover takes care and love for his green pets, they will definitely appreciate it and paint the spring garden with all the colors of the rainbow.