| Description | Turkestan Tulip is a Botanical Tulip in Division 15. Has star shaped whitish flowers with a orange to yellow center. |
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| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizoms, etc. |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average, soil can not get and stay waterlogged. native to stoney clay sites |
| Flowers | whitish petals with orange centers, can be a rebloomer, multi flowering, fragrant, as the plant matures the number of flowers increase, I have seen the flowers with a light pink flush. |
| Leaves | gray green leaves |
| Stems | bulbs |
| Dimensions | 6-8 inches tall |
| Maintenance | plant in groups of 10-15 bulbs for the best effect, 3-4 inches deep |
| Propagation | bulbs, seeds |
| Native Site | Range covers Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan an area once included in Turkestan were it got it's name. |
| Cultivar Origin | First described in 1875 by Eduard Regen. |
| Misc Facts | AKA: Botanical Tulip, Species Tulip, Rock Garden Tulip |
| Notes & Reference | #166-Tulips (Richard Wilford), #251-Tulips for North American Gardens (Brent and Becky Heath) |
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