First time in my garden. The picture was taken at dusk, so there's a tad too much blue in it but the color is not affected beyond recognition. Contrary to what I read on the web, Erna is a deep, bright, perhaps slightly reddish pink and not a red tulip. The flowers are cup-shaped with only slightly irregular edges of petals, so the overall impression is more of a Triumph, or perhaps a modest double tulip rather than a parrot one. The inside of the flower is adorned with a blue stripe encircling the bottom.
Erna is quite short, has strong stems and flowers early. The pictures were taken on May 3rd and they are of the last tulip remaining. A late bloomer, it is somewhat smaller than the ones that have already faded. It doesn't truly reflect how attractive they all looked in full bloom - in a bare April garden, they stood out like bright colored roses.
