The (wonderful, welcome) rain had battered my lily-flowered tulips but there are still a few left. Last year I had some wonderful orange/red ones and decided to buy some more to plant with Tulip Burgundy for a striking orange/magenta contrast to wake up the garden. I must have bought the orange/reds from a garden centre somewhere but thought they answered the description of Ballerina. However, it turns out they are not! The mystery tulip is on the left. It has an almost rose pink/red stripe down the centre of each petal going orange to the edges and is simply stunning. I am looking everywhere to try and identify it! (Maybe United States?) Ballerina has hints of orange but basically looks red - shown centre with Burgundy. On the right is fringed Pacific Pearl - a beautiful almost blood red.
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