Tulipa Monte Carlo- Double Early Tulip

Tulipa 'Monte Carlo' is an early-flowering tulip with double flowers whose pink petals are widely edged in white. They are arranged in an open cup shape. You can pair it with orange tulips to create contrasting harmonies with pinkish-purple tulips. The enormous flowers stand atop 45cm (18in) tall stems, well above the broadly lanceolate leaves. The flowers are all different but share the same uniform sulphur-yellow colour. It blooms in April, just after the early single tulips.

Tulipa 'Monte Carlo' belongs to the Liliaceae family. Of horticultural origin, it is currently classified in the group of Early Doubles, whose main characteristic is enormous flowers with numerous petals, with most flowers at approximately the same height.

They are unmatched for bringing the colours of spring to pots or sunny gardens. This tulip beautifully decorates balconies and patios. When designing your flower beds, you must consider the height and flowering period of the tulips, as these parameters can vary significantly from one cultivar to another. It is wise to plant extra bulbs for cutting, as they make superb cut flowers that last a long time in a vase.

Tulip species are found throughout most of the Old World, from Western Europe to China and Japan, including Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, and Central Asia. Their distribution range also includes North Africa and the Indian subcontinent. The centre of diversity for the genus is in the Pamir and Hindu Kush mountains and the steppes of Kazakhstan.

There are various wild species, many of which are endangered. These include large adventive tulips from cultivated fields, the most well-known being the Agen tulip (Tulipa agenensis), as well as small tulips found in wooded areas or among rocks in the mountains. In cultivation, they are called "botanical tulips", and one of the most common is the wild tulip (T. sylvestris), which used to often grow sheltered by vines and whose subspecies, australis, is known as the southern tulip.