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Tulip 'Roccoco'
Parrot group tulip bearing carmine-red flowers, margined fire-red, late in the season.

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.

T. 'Roccoco'

Zone: 3 - 8    Sun to partial sun
Height: 10 - 12 inches Width: Multiply
Bloom Time: Spring Bloom Color: Red
Location: Front and back Planted: Fall 2003

Roccoco. 20 Apr 05

 

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