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 December
2002
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kanei ssp kanei
November
2002
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tournefortii
October
2002
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mirabile
September
2002
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sicula
Colchicum
byzantinum album
August
2002
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septemfida
July
2002
Oxytropis
shokanbetsuensis
June
2002
Silene
caroliniana
May
2002
Jeffersonia
dubia
 April
2002
Tulipa
vvedenskyi
March
2002
Draba
aizoides
February
2002
Diapensia
lapponica
January
2002
Chamaecyparis
obtusa 'Nana'
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Plant
of the Month
April
2002
Tulipa
vvedenskyi
by Iza Goroff
Tulipa
vvedenskyi belongs to the Liliaceae, the lily family,
a family which also includes the genera Calochortus,
Colchicum, Fritillaria, and Nomocharis, among many others.
(The initial letters of the species name are two "v"s, not a
"w" which two "v"s resemble.) Tulipa
vvedenskyi is native to Central Asia, an area noted
for drought and high temperatures in summer.
Tulipa
vvedenskyi in flower is about 6" (15 cm) in height.
Its flower is about 2.5" (6 cm) in length, and its leaves
are about 5" (13 cm) long. Its color, a brilliant orange
red, may frighten those who garden only with pale lavender
and white. It blooms about a month after the crocuses.
Tulipa
vvedenskyi is an easy plant for the sunny rock
garden. Its bulbs should be planted about 5" deep. Species
tulips are more likely to be permanent when their bulbs are
surrounded by drier soil. The plants pictured are on a south
facing slope in a sand bed where their roots can reach the
native soil below. Tulipa
vvedenskyi is hardy to at least -30 F (-35 C).
Tulipa
vvedenskyi is best propagated by seed.
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