Tulipa World Friendship - Triumph Tulip

The Tulip Triumph 'World Friendship' is an emblematic French variety, dedicated to fraternity between peoples in November 2013, during the 5th World Tulip Summit. Not very tall, it produces a large flower of a pure and bright light yellow, and proves remarkably resistant to tulip diseases. Particularly well adapted to Flemish or Norman summers, cool and humid, it naturalises and faithfully blooms year after year in the garden. Generous, this very beautiful flower blooms in the middle of the tulip season, in April, depending on the climate.

The 'World Friendship' Tulip belongs to the Liliaceae family. Born in 1988 in France, it is the result of relentless selection work, carried out at INRA in Brest by Professor Marcel Lenard. In autumn 2014, 15,000 bulbs of this new variety were planted in Disneyland Paris. Of horticultural origin, it is currently classified in the 'Triumph' group, whose main characteristic is to have narrow cup-shaped flowers. Perched on sturdy 35 cm (14in) tall stems, above the widely lanceolate leaves, the large, elegant flowers are a pure, soft and luminous yellow, washed with light lemon yellow reflections. They have a narrow cup shape and show six "petals" (more precisely tepals) of thick texture. This variety is not sensitive to diseases that cause bulbs to disappear when the soil remains moist in summer. Flowering takes place in April, in the heart of the tulip season.

The Triumph Tulip 'World Friendship' finds its place in large beds and borders, planted alone or in the company of blue flowers (forget-me-nots, bellflowers, grape hyacinths) or white ones. The purity of its colour allows for numerous associations with perennials or other tulips. A beautiful white variety (Tulip 'Blanche Neige', or 'White Dream') will also accompany it with elegance in a pot or in a border. Also combine it with daffodils, jonquils, hyacinths or Corsican hellebores and euphorbias and you will obtain surprising scenes. This tulip also embellishes balconies and terraces very well. It is also ideal for creating elegant bouquets. In a vase, use very little water, just a little at the bottom is enough! Furthermore, if your tulips open too quickly, you can add two to three ice cubes to the vase every day.

Regarding botanical species: tulip species are found from Western Europe to China and Japan, passing through Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, and Central Asia. Their distribution area also includes North Africa and the Indian subcontinent. The centre of diversity of the genus is located in the Pamir and Hindu Kush mountains and the steppes of Kazakhstan. 

In Europe, there are various wild species, most of which are endangered, including the well-known Agen Tulip (Tulipa agenensis), and one of the most common is the wild tulip (Tulipa sylvestris), which commonly used to grow sheltered by vineyards. Its subspecies australis is known as the southern tulip.