The wonderful tulip blossom is coming to an end far too quickly. As soon as the early varieties have opened their flower cups at the end of March/beginning of April, the festival is already over. Prudent hobby gardeners took precautions and planted tulip varieties in the ground in the fall of the previous year that would bloom in May. You can find out what these are here.
Which types of tulips bloom in May?
Tulips that bloom in May are often Viridiflora tulips, parrot tulips, peony-flowered tulips or lily-flowered tulips. Popular varieties include Artist, Esperanto, Spring Green, Estella Rijnveld, Black Parrot, Orange Favorite, Black Hero, La Belle Epoque, Lilac Perfection, Fly Away, Flashback and White Triumphator.
Viridiflora tulips
Literally translated, her name means 'with green flowers'. Anyone who takes a look at the following magnificent varieties will interpret this name as an understatement. In fact, these tulips delight us in May with green flamed flower cups, designed on Mother Nature's painter's easel.
- Artist impresses with salmon-red flamed flowers from mid-May
- Esperanto makes May glow with bright red, green-marked flowers
- Spring Green delights us even in partial shade with its ivory-colored flower cups
Parrot Tulips
With fringed, wavy, incised, spotted and flamed petals, these late tulips impress in the bed and on the balcony.
- Estella Rijnveld, a premium variety with wavy, ivory white and red marbled flower cups
- Black Parrot, a stunning tulip that captivates us with double, fringed flowers in dark purple
- Orange Favorite exudes an intoxicating scent from fringed flowers
Peony Tulips
In May, double flowers that are reminiscent of peonies unfold on their strong stems. The opulent tulips are very popular in the late bulb season.
- Black Hero, the mysterious, dark beauty with lush double blue-black flowers
- La Belle Epoque lets us sink into romantic dreams with orange-pink-apricot-coffee-brown flowers
- Lilac Perfection boasts huge flowers up to 10 cm in diameter
Lily-flowered tulips
If you are looking for elegant tulips that bloom in May, you will find them at Lily-flowered Tulipa. Graceful flowers float on stems up to 50 cm high, their pointed leaves opening wide.
- Fly Away with its red-yellow flowers looks from a distance as if the bed was on fire
- Flashback sets eye-catching accents in beds, vases and pots with bright yellow, tapered flowers
- White Triumphator decoratively rounds off any spring bed with pure white flowers
Tip
Tulips can be discovered in every conceivable color shade – except for the color blue. Breeders have been working on producing blue tulips for centuries - so far without convincing success. The varieties 'Blue Parrot' and 'Blue Diamond' come closest to what you want. Objectively speaking, they are still violet to purple hybrids.
