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xstitcher | 16:12 Sat 30th Apr 2016 | Gardening
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About 35 years ago I planted red tulips which have bloomed faithfully until about 5 years ago when they started coming up as yellow ones up until 2 years ago there were only 2 rather small red ones left. Now it looks like this year we are having a red tulip renaissance. Although they have yet to open we can see that there are 13 red ones.
Has anyone heard of this happening and if so why? I haven't EVER planted any yellow bulbs.
We are finding this both interesting and hilarious.
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Not that uncommon and can be the result of a virus, doesn't sound a serious issue though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_breaking_virus
16:17 Sat 30th Apr 2016
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My cowslips, planted 10+ years back, turned dark some years ago.
16:44 Sat 30th Apr 2016
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I meant to say dark red.
16:44 Sat 30th Apr 2016
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Thank you for your interesting answers. Isn't nature full of lovely surprises!
17:16 Sat 30th Apr 2016

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