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Tulip 'Golden Apeldoorn'
Darwin hybrid group tulip producing golden yellow flowers, with black anthers, in mid-season. Inside, star-shaped black bases have bronze-green borders.
Brecks, 10 bulbs.

CULTIVATION: Plant 6 inches deep and 4-5 inches apart. If perennial flowering is desired, apply a balanced fertilizer after planting. Deadhead after flowering. Allow the foliage to yellow for about 6 weeks after flowering before removing it. When growing water moderately, apply a balanced liquid fertilizer weekly for 3 or 4 weeks after flowering, keep dry in summer.
PROPAGATION: Separate offsets after lifting -- 6+ weeks after bloom, replant.
PESTS AND DISEASES: Root and bulb rots are common in wet or poorly drained soil. Gray mold, slugs, snails, aphids, and nematodes are problems.

Tulip 'Golden Apeldoorn'

Zone: 4 - 6    Sun to partial sun
Height: 14 - 18 inches Width: Multiply
Bloom Time: Early-Mid Spring Bloom Color: Yellow
Location: Front and back Planted: 23 Oct 2004

Golden Apeldoorn

 

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