Here are 10 tulips that I love and 3 you couldn't pay me to grow again.
Must grow tulips -
Negrita Double
Black Hero
La Belle Epoque
Silver Parrot
Queen of Night
Amazing Parrot
Exotic Emperor
Apricot Delight
Finola
More tulips I've grown that are good for the garden and good for cutting -
White Parrot
White Emperor
Green Spirit - Great For Selling. Very strong neck.
Dordogne
Infinity - Blooms Early. Nice color.
Purple Flag - Comes back reliably.
Purple Dream - Better in the garden than in the vase. Floppy.
Mystic Van Eijk
Foxy Foxtrot
Black Parrot **This one was beautiful but it did bloom very late and toppled in the rain**
Flaming Flag - GREAT for selling
Elegant Lady - Best for the garden. Tall. Blooms late. Okay as a cut flower.
Tulips that have given me trouble:
Antoinette
Yellow Pomponette
Charming Beauty
also
Blue Spectacle - petals easily damaged by rain.
Averyon and Amazing Grace - both bloom late, short, some issues with too much rain. Could have been my fault.
