So many tulips, so little time. Here are nine favorites to order now for a spring show in the gardne:
‘National Velvet’ Tulip
![Photograph by Britt Willoughby Dyer. See more of the tulips Britt planted in her Cotswolds cottage garden, see Garden Visit: The Tulips of Hawthorn Cottage.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/tulips-red-6-britt-willoughby-dyer-gardenista.jpg)
‘National Velvet’ belongs to the Triumph class of tulips, known for sturdy stems and cupped, chalice flowers. Blooming in mid-spring, Triumph tulips are workhorses in the garden and most will thrive in growing zones 3-7.; 25 bulbs for $17.75 from Brent and Becky’s Bulbs.
Analita Tulip
![Diminutive Analita Tulip is a new offering from Brent and Becky\2\17;s Bulbs; it \2\20;opens pink with a darker center and then changes as it matures to white, pink and golden petals.\2\2\1; Suitable for growing zones from \2 to 9, it it \$\15.75 for \25 bulbs.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/analita-tulip-brent-and-beckys-bulbs-733x489.png)
‘Mount Tacoma’ Tulip
![Mount Tacoma is a fragrant double tulip, with white petals \2\20;subtly adorned with green feathering,\2\2\1; notes grower Van Engelen. Introduced in \19\24, looks more like a peony than a tulip and is hardy in growing zones from 3 to 7; \100 bulbs for \$40.75. Photograph by Steph & Teddy Gravell via Flickr.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/tulip-peony-flowering-mount-tacoma-steph-teddy-gravell-flickr-733x1100.jpg)
Clusiana Tulip
![Tulipa clusiana ‘Peppermint Stick’ opens in the morning and closes as the day wanes. Photograph by Britt Willoughby Dyer.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/tulips-in-lawn-closeup-britt-willoughby-dyer-gardenista-1-jpg-1-733x1099.jpg)
One of the rarest tulip bulbs offered by Old House Gardens, delicate red and white Tulipa clusiana has a history dating back to 1607. But careful: “Although many sources offer this petite, charming wildflower, virtually all deliver cheap impostors such as hybrid ‘Lady Jane’ (oversized, and empty inside) or modern cream-to-yellow forms,” notes Old House Gardens.
If happy, it will naturalize and spread year after year. Hardy in growing zones from 6a to 8b (and to 10b on the West Coast), Clusiana bulbs are $22 for 5.
Aladdin Tulip
![Lily-flowered Aladdin (registered in \194\2) is a new introduction from White Flower Far; hardy in zones 4 to 8, \10 bulbs are \$\1\1.50 from White Flower Farm.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/aladdin-tulip-jeonghi-go-flickr-733x489.jpg)
Estella Rijnveld Tulip
![A parrot tulip with ruffly feathers, Estella Rijnveld was introduced in the \1950s. Hardy from growing zones 4 to 7, \100 bulbs is \$43.75 from Van Engelen. Photograph by Carol VanHook via Flickr.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/parrot-tulip-estella-rijnveld-carol-vanhook-flickr-733x489.jpg)
Sylvestris Tulip
![Yellow Tulipa sylvestris. Photograph by Cristina Sanvito via Flickr.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sylvestris-tulip-cristina-sanvito-flickr-733x413.jpg)
With a fragrance that smells like violets, Tulipa Sylvestris is a wildflower. It dates to 1597, and later Thomas Jefferson grew it in the gardens at Monticello. It is hardy in growing zones from 5a to8a (and 8b on the West Coast; 10 bulbs for $17 from Old House Gardens.
Gavota Tulip
![Tulipa \2\16;Gavota\2\17; Liliaceae has an \2\20;unusual form and coloration\230;with classically shaped flowers with somewhat pointed petals that are royal, deep red with broad yellow margins.\2\2\1; It is hardy in growing zones from 3 to 8; a bag of \25 bulbs is \$\13 from K. von Bourgundien and Sons. Photograph by Ryan Somma via Flickr.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/tulip-gavota-ryan-somma-flickr-733x487.jpg)
Princess Irene Tulip
![A single, early tulip, \2\16;Princess Irene\2\17; has orange petals softened by tinges of purple; \25 bulbs for \$\18 from Dutch Grown. Photograph by Steph & Teddy Gravell via Flickr.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/tulip-princess-irene-steph-teddy-gravell-flicks-733x489.jpg)
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