1.   Although typically small, early tulips are not to be disdained as they tend to bloom longer than late tulips, preserved by the cooler weather.

2.   Are monochromatic tulips safe?

3.   Double peony tulips are short, late bloomers with many petals.

4.   Eight-inch-tallkaufmanniana tulips are among the first to bloom in early April with small waterlily-like flowers.

5.   Greigii tulips are large, short, late April bloomers with attractively mottled and stippled leaves.

6.   Lily-flowering tulips are among the last to bloom in late May.

7.   May-blooming Darwin tulips are later and smaller than Darwin hybrids.

8.   My own trail to work takes me purposely past one remarkable conifer near Madison Avenue and along the gravel walks in Bryant Park, where deadheaded tulips are legion.

9.   On a chilly, damp day in the middle of April, the tulips were nonetheless glorious.

10.   One is to pick species that are native to shady woodlands, not sunny mountain meadows as tulips are.