In particular, the following species are known for their fragrance: Tulipa turkestanica (creamy white), Tulipa tarda (yellow with white), Tulipa urumiensis (yellow) and Tulipa whittallii (bronze orange) have a refined, spicy scent. Monte Carlo (yellow) flowers at the beginning of April and has a honey scent.
Another query we ran across in our research was “Do tulips have a scent?”.
Stop and smell the tulips; Some varieties, anyway. Fragrant tulips work best when planted near walkways, entries or in cutting gardens. Only 15 to 20 percent of all tulip varieties are fragrant and most of those are orange or apricot in color.
Tulip flowers are generally bereft of scent and are the coolest of floral characters. The Dutch regarded this lack of scent as a virtue, as it demonstrates the flower’s chasteness.
A study conducted in Japan in 2012 examined the floral volatiles emitted by the fresh flowers of cultivar tulips and identified over 130 chemical components generating their scents. The compounds identified in the examined tulips allowed the researchers to arrange the flowers according to their odour profiles into the following 9 scent groups:.
What is so special about tulips?
Tulips range from the small, hardy species tulips often used in rock gardens, to the tall, majestic Darwin Hybrids that are the backbone of the perennial border in spring. But of all the tulip’s wonderful qualities, the most special one, to me, is fragrance.
What are the characteristics of tulip flowers?
Tulip flowers come in a wide variety of colours, except pure blue (several tulips with “blue” in the name have a faint violet hue), and have absent nectaries. Tulip flowers are generally bereft of scent and are the coolest of floral characters. The Dutch regarded this lack of scent as a virtue, as it demonstrates the flower’s chasteness.
Darwin Hybrids are the tulips that are most likely to return for several years to bloom again in your garden. ‘Holland’s Glory’, foreground, is a standout among fragrant mid-season tulips. It makes a perfect pair with another fragrant Darwin Hybrid, the yellow-red ‘Rainbow Warrior’.