Tulipa Red Riding Hood Double
Tulipa Red Riding Hood Double
Tulipa Red Riding Hood Double
Tulipa Red Riding Hood Double
Tulipa greigii Chaperon Rouge Double
greigii tulip
Not all the bulbs have emerged, but the flower is delightful. Perhaps my border is too dry for it? The leaves with purple patches are also stunning. Revised translation: Not all the bulbs have emerged, but the flower is delightful. Perhaps my border is too dry for it? The leaves with purple patches are also stunning.
Claire, 01/05/2021
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Description
The Greigii Tulip 'Red Riding Hood Double' is a low-growing variety with large double, bright red flowers which bloom into wide satin corollas on a beautiful green-grey foliage marbled with brown-purple. This flower is one of the first tulips in the garden and creates remarkable patches of colour in the garden, especially when emerging from a carpet of grey foliage. It will have excellent performance in flower beds with a long flowering period, drought-resistant, undemanding, robust and reliable in well-drained soil where it will easily naturalise. Plant the Greigii botanical tulips near your front door or along a main pathway to cheer you up!
The Greigii Botanical Tulip 'Red Riding Hood Double' belongs to the Lily family. It is a very recent horticultural creation, still rarely found for sale. Tulipa greigii species was the first to be cultivated from wild bulbs, after being brought from Uzbekistan to Germany in 1871. It is native to Central Asia and northeastern Iran and has given rise to numerous cultivars, including 'Little Red Riding Hood Double'. This small tulip will not exceed 25 cm (10in) high when in bloom, with its very stout stem elongating over time. Its foliage is slightly greyish green, a little glaucous, very broad, wavy at the edges and beautifully marked with brown and purple spots. The flowers appear in April, earlier or later depending on the climate. They are scarlet to vermillion red, sometimes washed with grey-violet on the outside and shiny. The base of the petals is warmed by a purplish shade. For more than 2 weeks they open under the sun and close when it goes in.
Botanical tulips are robust and do not degenerate over time like many large-flowered tulips. They can naturalise and remain in place for several years without any special maintenance, thriving in borders and rock gardens. To create colourful scenes, they can be associated with various small bulbs: Crocus, Allium moly, Ipheion uniflorum, Anemone blanda, small-flowered Narcissus, Muscari, Puschkinia, Cyclamen coum, Erythronium pagoda, Leucojum vernum, snowdrops, Scilla sibirica... We have planted them near a very compact sage, with light grey evergreen foliage. The sight of their flowers emerging a little more each day from this large silver carpet in March is simply magnificent. These tulips are unmatched for bringing the colours of spring to pots or sunny gardens.
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Tulipa
greigii
Chaperon Rouge Double
Liliaceae
greigii tulip
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
Plant the bulbs in autumn, from September to December, at a depth of 10 cm (4in), 10 cm (4in) apart in ordinary, slightly acidic, neutral, or slightly alkaline, loose, well-worked, and well-drained soil. Never add poorly decomposed manure or compost to the planting soil, as this could cause the bulbs to rot. Tulips will grow well in moist to dry soil, in a sunny or semi-shaded location.
After flowering, their foliage becomes unsightly, so recommend planting Heucheras, Tiarellas, Brunneras, Bleeding Hearts or Cypress Spurge, at the front of your flowerbeds. Their foliage will enhance the colours of your tulips, and elegantly conceal their yellowing leaves.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
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In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a (East Coast and Midlands: Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Portlaoise). It will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the north-west (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal, Westport), delay planting by 1 to 2 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 1 to 2 weeks in autumn compared to the dates given, preferably choosing periods without strong winds.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (Wicklow Mountains, Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Connemara, Killarney), it is best to plant in spring (April–May) or autumn (September–October), avoiding periods of waterlogged soil in winter and strong winds, which pose the main risk to newly planted trees in these areas.
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a, such as the East Coast and Midlands, including Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Portlaoise.
This will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the northwest (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal and Westport), it will be delayed by one to two weeks compared to the given dates, due to stronger Atlantic winds and less spring sunshine.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (the Wicklow Mountains, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Connemara and Killarney), flowering will be delayed by two to three weeks. Flowering mainly occurs between May and July, with the limiting factors being less frost and more of the excessive humidity, strong winds and lack of sunshine that are characteristic of these areas.