Yellow Tulips
If you run across other good tulips, do drop me an email to let me know about them and Ill add them to this list as well.
Note that the pictures on this page are intended to show you the flower form and not the specific varieties mentioned.
Double Early Yellow Tulips
Flowering period: early
Average plant height: 20-30 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 5 cm
Landscape uses: beds, borders and rock gardens
Most popular cultivars:
'Kareol'**: deep golden yellow
'Monsella'**: yellow with red flames
'Monte Carlo'**: sulfur yellow
'Montreux'**: yellow
'Verona'**: yellow
Tulipa 'Monte Peony'
Single Early Yellow Tulips
Flowering period: early
Average plant height: 20-30 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 5-10 cm
Landscape uses: beds, borders, rock gardens and for forcing
Most popular cultivars:
'Joffre'*: deep yellow
'Striped Bellona': yellow and orange
'Yokohama': lemon-yellow (one of the most exquisite yellow varieties)
Triumph Yellow Tulips
Flowering period: mid-season
Average plant height: 25-40 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 5-10 cm
Landscape uses: beds, borders, as cut flowers, and for forcing
Most popular cultivars:
'Akela': primrose yellow with rose-colored veined edge
'Brigitta': yellow feathered flame on scarlet background
'Cream Perfection': yellow
'Golden Melody'*: bright yellow
'Guus Papendrecht': ivory-yellow
'Kees Nelis'* bright red, broad yellow edge
'Leda': pink with yellow edge
'New Design': yellow fading to pinkish white
'Silver Dollar': yellow
'Thule'*: yellow and red
'Wibo': yellow
'Winterberg': yellow
Single Late Yellow Tulips
Flowering period: late
Average plant height: 75 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 7.5 cm
Landscape uses: parks, beds, perennial beds, and as cut flowers
Most popular cultivars:
'Big Smile': lemon yellow
'Georgette': yellow, edged red
'Mrs. John T. Scheepers': bright yellow
'Vlammenspel': yellow, flamed red
Tulipa 'Sweet Design'
Darwin Yellow Tulips
Flowering period: mid-season
Average plant height: 30-50 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 7.5 cm
Landscape uses: park beds, perennial beds, borders and as cut flowers
Most popular cultivars:
'Apeldoorn's Elite': red and orange-yellow
'Beauty of Apeldoorn': orange-yellow-red striped
'Golden Apeldoorn': lemon-yellow
'Golden Oxford': bright yellow
'Golden Parade': bright yellow, red-lined edges
'Gudoschnik': bright yellow, red striped
'Hans Mayer': golden-yellow, red flamed
'Ivory Floradale': ivory-yellow, spotted with carmine red
'Striped Apeldoorn': gold and yellow striped
Lily Flowered Yellow Tulips
Flowering period: late
Average plant height: 35-75 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 5 cm
Landscape uses: park beds, borders, perennial beds and cut flowers
Most popular cultivars:
'Ballade'" bright violet, white edged 'West Point': bright yellow
Parrot Yellow Tulips
Flowering period: mid-season to late
Average plant height: 35-50 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 7.5 cm
Landscape uses: beds, borders and as cut flowers
Most popular cultivars:
'Flaming Parrot': yellow and red 'Texas Flame': yellow and red 'Texas Gold': bright yellow
Double Late Yellow Tulips
Flowering period: late
Average plant height: 30-40 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 7.5 cm
Landscape uses: beds, borders and cut flowers
Most popular cultivars:
'Alegretto': red, yellow edge
Rembrandt Yellow Tulips
During Tulipmania in Holland in the 17th and 18th century, tulips with a flame pattern commanded very high prices. We now know this patterning was a result of viral infections. These are no longer sold but tulip breeders have duplicated the flaming patterns on these cultivars. And there are no virus problems with them.
Most popular cultivars:
'Olympic Flame': yellow, flamed red
'Prince Carnaval': yellow, flamed red
Fringed Yellow Tulips
Flowering period: early or late
Average plant height: 35-75 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 7.5 cm
Landscape uses: parks, beds and as cut flowers
Most popular cultivars:
'Arma': bright yellow, early
'Fringed Elegance': bright yellow, mid-season to late
Viridiflora Yellow Tulips
Flowering period: late
Average plant height: 40-60 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 5 cm
Landscape uses: beds, borders and as cut flowers
Most popular cultivars:
'Golden Artist'*: golden-yellow and green
Kaufmanniana Yellow Tulips
Flowering period: early
Average plant height: 10-20 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 7.5 cm
Landscape uses: beds, borders and rock gardens
Most popular cultivars:
'Giuseppe Verdi': carmine red, yellow-edged flowers *
'Cluck': carmine red, bright yellow-edged flowers *
'Johann Strauss': currant red, pale yellow-edged flowers *
'Stresa': currant red and yellow flowers *
Fosteriana Yellow Tulips
Flowering period: early
Average plant height: 25-30 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 10 cm
Landscape uses: parks, beds, borders and rock gardens
Most popular cultivars:
'Candela': lemon-yellow
'Summit': yellow
'Sweetheart': lemon-yellow with broad ivory-white edge
'Yellow Purissima': golden-yellow
Greigii Yellow Tulips
Flowering period: early
Average plant height: 20-30 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 10 cm
Landscape uses: park beds, borders and rock gardens
Most popular cultivars:
'Cape Cod': apricot, yellow-edged flower with spotted foliage
Tulipa 'Golden Tycoon'
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