Quebec

Low growing and disarmingly cheerful, Quebec belongs to that group of tulips that feel like finding something precious close to the ground, its warm golden yellow flamed with red blooms open wide in the sun like small stars waiting to be noticed. Its season comes in April to June, and what it lacks in height it more than makes up for in charm. In pots or rockeries, massed at the front of borders, wherever it is placed, it earns its keep completely. On still mornings in April to June, its fragrance carries across the garden, an invisible quality that makes this variety something to seek out and remember. As a cut flower it is exceptional, strong stems hold the bloom upright for well over a week, making it as valuable to the vase as it is to the border. Grown in the Netherlands, where the science.