1	Dallas Arboretum Approved Bulb Varieties Jimmy Turner Director of Horticulture Research & Garden Designer www.DallasPlantTrials.org
2	HYACINTH
3	Atlantic Deep purple Really dark stems Upright Large flowers
4	Blue Jacket Dark blue standard Dark stems Long flowering
5	Blue Giant Light blue standard Thick flower heads Heavy bloomer
6	Delft Blue Medium blue Great stems
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8	Sky Jacket Pale Blue
9	Peter Stuyvesant Dark Purple
10	Carnegie Standard White Looser flowers
11	Top Hit My favorite white Stiff stems Long flower season Doesn’t brown
12	City of Haarlem Pale Yellow One of my favorites
13	Gipsy Queen Hard color to find Peachy pink
14	Fondant Pale pink Heavy flowers Stiff stems
15	Splendid Cornelia Pale lavender pink Heavy flowers Stiff stems
16	Jan Bois Reddish pink
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18	NARCISSUS which one? Division 1 - Trumpet Division 2 - Large Cup Division 3 - Small Cup Division 4 - Double Division 5 - Triandrus Division 6 - Cyclamineus Division 7 - Jonquilla Division 8 - Tazetta Division 9 - Poeticus Division 10 - Bulbocodium Division 11a - Collar Division 11b - Papillon Division 12 - Other Division 13 - Solely by Botanical Name Division 14 - Miniatures
19	Tete-a-Tete Cyclamineus
20	Peeping Tom Cyclamineus
21	Dickcissel Cyclamineus
22	Hawera Triandrus
23	Quail Jonquilla
24	Accent Large Cup Salmon pink and white Repeater Heavy flowering
25	Ambergate Large Cup Orange with a paler orange back
26	Avalon Large Cup Mid season Palest lemon yellow with white cup Will repeat
27	Carlton Short Cup Perennializes Tough Cheap! Good!!!!
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29	Chromacolor Large Cup Best peachy orange White background Incredible long bloom
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31	Fortissimo Large Cup Orange and bright yellow REALLY big flowers And very tall Later flowering Great to add to tulips
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34	Monal Large Cup Orange and Yellow Tough and long flowering Perennializes
35	N. ‘Monal’ (Large Cupped)
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38	Pink Charm Large Cup Late to mid season Pink cups on pale white backs Pink… how to use it. It can look many colors
39	Narcissus ‘Pink Charm’
40	N. Pink Pride ( Large Cup)
41	Precocious Large Cup Ruffled cups
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43	Narcissus Pink Pride (Large Cup)
44	Redhill Large Cup Repeater mid to late season White with orange red cup that bleeds into the back
45	Salome Small Cup White back with orange peach cup Repeater Heavy flowering
46	Double Narcissus
47	Apricot Whirl Double
48	Tahiti Double One of the oldest and best Pale yellow and orange
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50	Cassata Split Corona Changes Color Long flower time Holds up Not like others, in look Will reflower
51	N. Sovereign (Collared)
52	Flyer Split cup Heavy stems Holds up Long flower season
53	Rijnveld’s Early Sensation Trumpet Super Early for Trumpet Does well in our climate Low chill requirement Good Sub. For ‘King Alfred’
54	Dutch Master Trumpet King Alfred Type
55	Unsurpassable Trumpet (for sale today) Great for bright gold color
56	N. Lemon Glow (Trumpet)
57	N. Holland Sensation (Trumpet)
58	Mount Hood Trumpet Creamy White Long bloom time Cheap
59	Unsurpassable Trumpet (for sale today) Great for bright gold color
60	Bulbmania? What was all the fuss about?
61	Tulip Classifications Division 1 - Single Early Division 2 - Double Early Division 3 - Triumph (some) Division 4 - Darwin Hybrid Division 5 - Single Late Division 6 - Lily Flowered Division 7 - Fringed (some) Division 8 - Viridiflora Division 9 - Parrot Division 10 - Double Late Division 11 - Kaufmanniana Division 12 - Fosteriana Division 13 - Greigii Division 14 - Miscellaneous Easiest way to tell???
62	WHITE
63	clusiana ‘Lady Jane’ species early-season Long lasting 12”
64	Silver Dollar Triumph Mid-Season 18” Bowl shaped blooms
65	Orleans Triumph 24” Mid-Season Ok, it’s another white
66	Mount Tacoma Double Late Late 12”
67	Alabaster Single Late 24” Very pure white
68	Clearwater Single Late 20” Pure white Great stems Little earlier than Maureen
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70	Maureen Single Late 26” Latest flowering tulip we use The number 1 most used tulip at DABS Mother of many of our better varieties
71	PINK
72	Christmas Dream Single Early 15” Dark thick stems Short cup shaped flowers of pure pink
73	Olliules Triumph 28” EARLY! Acts more like a DH Huge flowers come out rose then start to fade at edges Becomes bicolored
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75	Beau monde Triumph 20” Mid-season Acts more like a DH Small flowers are great mixed with larger flowers
76	Pink Impression Darwin Hybrid 24” Early to Mid Large flowers The least pink of the ‘Impression’s’
77	Salmon Impression Darwin Hybrid Mid-Season Does this look “Salmon” to you? More pink to me then ‘Pink Impression’ Least used of the series
78	Apricot Impression Darwin Hybrid 24” Heavy stems and flowers More of medium pink to peach
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80	Design Impression Darwin Hybrid 24” Mid-Season Huge flowers of pale pink Variegated large foliage (looks like a Hosta leaf!)
81	Van Eijk Darwin Hybrid 24” Huge rosy red flowers Almost round
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83	Big Chief Darwin Hybrid Mid-Season 20” Iridescent rosy-salmon with a silver sheen and a soft yellow base
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86	The Cure Triumph Late season 18” HOT pink with a white base
87	Huis ten Bosch Fringed Mid to late season 20” Freaky but beautiful Like cotton candy!
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89	Apricot Parrot Parrot Late season 14” Mixture of pinks, greens and white Fragrant
90	Angelique Double Late 16” Short Pink to white
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92	Crème Upstar Single Late 14” Pale pink to light peach
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94	May Wonder Single Late 14” Dark Pink Rose
95	Pink Diamond Single Late 22” Pale taffeta pink Wide flowers
96	Renown Single Late 26” Deep rose pink
97	Renown Unique Double Late 26” Super tall double Deep rose pink with white accents Doesn’t need to be staked
98	Grand Style Single Late 24” Ruby-red with a purple sheen and an interior blue-edged yellow base Mix with a pink, white or ‘Sorbet’
99	Tulip ‘Sauternes’ Single Late
100	Perestroyka Single Late 30” Beautiful lily like pink flowers Wonderful reflexed petals Lightens as it ages
101	Dordogne Single Late 30” Menton sport The Chameleon tulip Can be pink or peach or salmon or eve orange Depends on the light and how old the bloom is
102	Menton Single Late 30” The pink tulip Slight blush of cream and orange Maureen sport
103	Red
104	Cassini Triumph Mid-Season 14” Short Pure red
105	Spryng Triumph New variety Large flowers 18” mid-season
106	Bastogne Triumph 18” Mid-season Deep blood red
107	Red Impression Darwin Hybrid 24” Mid-Season Huge red flowers Large leaves
108	Kingsblood Single Late 24” The RED tulip
109	Sky High Scarlet Single Late 28” The “new” RED tulip
110	ORANGE
111	Tulip Apricot Beauty Single Early 15” About the only SE I use Incredible color Opens short then extends Short
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113	Flair Single Early 12” Glowing orange with darker bases Best planted very close Short
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115	World’s Favorite Darwin Hybrid 24” Real performer Traffic stopping bright orange and yellow It’s a “McDonald’s sign
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117	World’s Perfect Darwin Hybrid 24” Real performer Sport of World’s Favorite
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119	Daydream Darwin Hybrid Mid-Season 22” Pale yellow darkening to deep orange Perfect form Flowers open in full sun
120	Orange Queen Darwin Hybrid Mid Season 24” Big flowers!
121	Bright Parrot Parrot 12”
122	Avignon Single Late 28” Sport of ‘Menton’ Spinel-red with fire-red edges, a tomato-red interior and a sunny yellow base Ok… it’s Orange
123	Batavia Single Late 28” Sport of ‘Menton’ Large and vibrant orange oval bloom with brush strokes hinting of pink and yellow on her outer petals as she matures
124	Temple’s Favourite Single Late 32” Orange flamed with a purplish pink My FAVORITE tulip Really tall and shows up from a distance
125	Temple of Beauty Single Late 30” Deep salmon rose Hard color to describe
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127	El Nino Single Late 20” Flowers are light orange streaked with darker orange Plan on seeing this a lot next year at the Arboretum! Sport of Temple’s Favorite
128	Stunning Apricot Single Late 20” Creamy peach Plan on seeing this a lot next year at the Arboretum! Sport of Temple’s Favorite
129	YELLOW
130	clusiana ‘Tinka’ species Mid-Season 12”
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132	clusiana ‘Chrysantha’ species Mid-Season 12”
133	Monte Carlo Double Early 14” Short Great in mass How about this with a few tall reds coming through
134	Maja Fringed 20” Late season Pale yellow Absolute perfect to mix with lavender…
135	Asta Nielson Single Late 24” Pale yellow fading to white around the edges Great in combinations
136	Big Smile Single Late 26” One of my favorite yellows Sport of Maureen
137	Mrs. John T. Scheepers Single Late 28” The mother of them all Really the first Tetraploid Single Late Tulip Many of my favorites are sports or hybrids
138	Muscadet Single Late 26” Great form Holds up well Little earlier than others
139	Sancerre Single Late 24” Pale creamy yellow Great mixed with “black” colors like ‘Queen of Night’ or ‘Black Parrot’
140	Tulip ‘Blushing Beauty’ (Single Late)
141	Purple
142	Atilla Triumph Mid-Season 16”
143	Passionale Triumph Mid-Season 16” Short Darker purple Nice flower shape
144	Negrita Triumph Mid Season 18” Pure purple
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146	Attila Triumph 20” Mid season Reddish purple Tends to bud early then stretch out
147	Don Quichotte Triumph 28” Late season Taller flowering triumph Purplish pink Indispensable for mixes
148	Blue Heron Fringed Late Season 24” Love the white crystal like edges One of my favorites
149	Black Parrot Parrot Late Season 20” Wonderful open deep purple flowers Try it in combination with lighter colors
150	Black Hero Double Late Season 20”
151	Lilac Perfection Double Late 12”
152	Cum Laude Single Late 18”
153	Bleu Aimable Single Late 24” Tall pale lavender blue
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155	Abigail Double Late 20” Large flowers Deep plum purple Tall! Hold up well Always a show stopper Long lasting
156	Violet Beauty Single Late 18” Pale lavender great with pink or pale yellow Useful for “Easter Egg” mixes
157	Bi-Colors
158	Monsella Double Early 14” Short Great in mass How about this with a few tall reds coming through
159	T. Marilyn (Lily flowered)
160	La Courtine Single Late 24” What’s to describe? Perfect mixed with Kingsblood
161	Blushing Lady Single Late 30” Like Blushing Beauty but much paler
162	Hocus Pocus Single Late 30” Super tall! Red flames on a sulphur yellow back Flowers are pointy, and open flat in full sun
163	Sorbet Single Late 26” Raspberry and pure white
164	Jan Ohms Triumph Mid Season 18” Hard color mix to describe Peach, pink, yellow and white
165	World’s Expression Darwin Hybrid
166	Tulip praecox
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168	OTHER BULBS
169	Anemone coronaria Early (long flower time though) Bowl shaped bulbs Plant which way? Soak overnight before planting Great with Hyacinths Foliage will come up early Use in shade or full sun Every color imaginable This one is Lord Lieutenant
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172	Allium schubertii Cool foliage emerges early Firework balls of flowers in late spring Great mixed with SL lavender tulips or Pink Cabbage/Kale Perennial
173	Allium sphaerocephalum Drumstick Onion Perennial Naturalizer Golf ball sized flowers Almost no foliage Great mixed into other perennials or bulbs
174	Scilla peruviana Cuban Lily Number of flowers depends on bulb size Long flowering season Foliage emerges early Will perennialize in full sun or light shade Plant bulbs 10” deep
175	Dutch Iris Oriental Beauty All are good Plant them thickly ‘Oriental Beauty’ Plant them closely or in clumps
176	Blue Ribbon
177	Bronze Beauty
178	Golden Harvest
179	Ideal
180	Imperator Blue
181	Muscaria armeniacum Grape Hyacinth Perennial??? Sun or Shade Spacing