THE NETHERLANDS FLOWERBULB INFORMATION CENTER'S
TOP SELLING FLOWER BULB VARIETIES-1996

Top Ten Tulips

          Variety			Color			Classification

     1    Tulipa 'Parade'		red			Darwin Hybrid
     2    Tulipa 'Oxford'		yellow			Darwin Hybrid
     3    Tulipa 'Angelique'		blush pink		Double Late    
     4    Tulipa 'Apricot Beauty'	salmon			Single Early
     5    Tulipa 'Pink Impression'	rose			Darwin Hybrid
     6    Tulipa 'Red Emperor'		fire red		Fosteriana
     7    Tulipa 'Queen of Night'	darkest maroon		Single Late
     8    Tulipa 'Shirley'		white,edged purple	Single Late
     9    Tulipa 'Attila' or 'Negrita'	purple			Triumph
     10   Tulipa 'Purissima'		white			Fosteriana

Top 10 Narcissi

          Variety			Color			Classification

     1    Narcissus  'King Alfred'	yellow-yellow		Trumpet
     2    Narcissus  'Salome'		white-pink, yellow	Large-Cupped
     3    Narcissus  'Ice Follies'	white-white		Large-Cupped
     4    Narcissus  'Tête à Tête'	yellow-yellow		Cyclamineus
     5    Narcissus  'Minnow'		yellow-yellow		Tazetta
     6    Narcissus  'Fortissimo'	white-yellow		Trumpet
     7    Narcissus  'Tahiti'		yellow-red		Double 
     8    Narcissus  'Las Vegas'	white-yellow		Trumpet
     9    Narcissus  'Barret Browning'	white-oranges		Small-cupped
     10   Narcissus  'Mount Hood'	white-white		Trumpet
The first color listed describes the perianth segments (the petals); the next color describes the corona (the trumpet or cup).

If the corona segment features two or three colors, then they are listed in this order: center (eye), mid-zone, outer edge (rim).

Top 5 Hyacinth

          Variety				Color

     1    Hyacinth	'Jan Bos'		spiraea-red
     2    Hyacinth	'Delft Blue'		soft lilac-blue
     3    Hyacinth	'Anne Marie'		pale pink
     4    Hyacinth	'L'Innocence'		ivory white
     5    Hyacinth	'City of Haarlem'	soft yellow