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Apricot Pride Darwin Hybrid Tulip
Tulipa 'Zantubeau'
Also called apricot pride and apricot pride tulip
Apricot Pride Darwin Hybrid Tulip blooms from April through May.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Apricot Pride Darwin Hybrid Tulip
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 3–8. Expect it to reach about 20 in tall and 6 in wide at maturity, in roughly 1 year (a house reading).
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Apricot Pride Darwin Hybrid Tulip
Apricot Pride Darwin Hybrid Tulip is a fall-planted bulb: get it in the ground 6 to 8 weeks before the ground freezes, typically September or October in zone 5, the middle of its hardy zones 3 to 8. It pays you back the following April to May.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 5, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 5 in September. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Apricot Pride Darwin Hybrid Tulip get?
20 intall5 ft 7 inan adult6 inwideSee Apricot Pride Darwin Hybrid Tulip in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
Where these facts come from
Apricot Pride Darwin Hybrid Tulip's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 11 published sources on September 26, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Societyheight, spread, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- dutchbulbs.comK. van Bourgondien (dutchbulbs.com)height, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags and soil
- Missouri Botanical GardenPlant Finder (Tulipa (group), a GENUS page)spread, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil, diseases and pests
- Brent and Becky's BulbsGloucester, Virginiaheight, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- Plant Addictsthe queue's storeheight, spread, hardiness zones, water, bloom months and color and soil
- Chicago Botanic GardenTulips plant profile, a genus and class pagesun, water, bloom months and color, soil and pests
- Longfield GardensLakewood, New Jerseyheight, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color and trait tags
- NC State ExtensionTulipa, a GENUS pagespread, trait tags, diseases, pests and toxicity
- fedcoseeds.comFedco Seeds (Clinton, Maine)height, hardiness zones and bloom months and color
- tulips.comWashington Bulb Co., Skagit Valley, Washingtonheight and bloom months and color
- ASPCATulip, Tulipa spp.toxicity
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
Good to know about Apricot Pride Darwin Hybrid Tulip
Curated from university extensions, botanic gardens and other primary sources, with the source named on every note.
Safety
Mildly toxic: eaten, tulips sicken dogs, cats and horses, and handling the bulbs can raise a rash called 'tulip fingers'. The bulb is the worst part. per ASPCA
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