Popularity Of Ice Cream Tulips
These tulips are quite popular in gardens around the world thanks to their unique appearance. A late bloomer, earliest mid-May, it produces spectacular 4 inch (10 cm)flowers, the crown of which contains several rows of petals. The outer rows come in different colors like red, purple or pink, and the inside layers are white and very densely packed together. Since they're longer than the outer ones, they stick out from the center. All in all, this double tulip looks incredibly like two delicious scoops of ice cream, vanilla on the top and what might be strawberry on the bottom. Hence, the name "Ice Cream" tulip. The stems of this late double variety are stocky and short, since they won't grow any taller than 10 to 16 inches tall (25 to 40 cm) when mature. Around then stems, deciduous foliage appears, dense and a lush, lively green.