Purple Pride is a Darwin Hybrid tulip that brings jewel-toned lavender blooms to spring gardens across zones 3 through 10. This hybrid flowers reliably 80 to 89 days after fall planting, reaching 14 to 18 inches tall with sturdy, upright stems that stand beautifully in beds and containers alike. Its mid to late spring arrival fills the gap between early bulbs and late bloomers, offering gardeners a dependable splash of color when the garden is still waking up.
Full Sun
Moderate
3-10
18in H x ?in W
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Moderate
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The lavender flowers open in mid to late spring with the characteristic strength and presence of Darwin Hybrids, making Purple Pride both a stunning garden display and a reliable cut flower. You can grow it as a true perennial in zones 3 through 8, or treat it as an annual in zones 9 and 10 with pre-cooled bulbs, giving gardeners in warmer climates access to this hardy beauty. Its compact 14 to 18 inch height and 6 inch spacing make it equally at home massed in a border or tucked into a container on a sunny patio.
Purple Pride tulips shine as cut flowers for spring arrangements and as garden specimens in borders, beds, and containers. The sturdy stems and substantial lavender blooms make them excellent for both fresh bouquets and naturalized drifts in the landscape.
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Plant pre-cooled bulbs in zones 9 and 10 in fall, roughly 6 weeks before the first hard frost, at a depth of 6 to 8 inches and 6 inches apart.
Bulbs are planted directly in fall to their final location; no indoor starting required.
Cut stems when the flowers begin to show color but before they fully open; this extends the vase life of your bouquets. Harvest in the morning when stems are turgid with water. Remove the lower leaves below the waterline to prevent rot.
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“Purple Pride belongs to the Darwin Hybrid class of tulips, a group created in the early 20th century by crossing species tulips with Cottage tulips to develop larger flowers with stronger stems and greater vigor. The naming and release of 'Purple Pride' reflects decades of tulip breeding work aimed at creating varieties that perform reliably across diverse climates and growing conditions. As a hybrid tulip selected for both garden performance and commercial viability, Purple Pride carries the legacy of deliberate horticultural improvement, bringing together the best traits of its parent lines into a single, refined cultivar.”