Tulips in Trauttmansdorff Istanbul, 13th November 2013

Tulips at Trauttmansdorff
5th World Tulip Summit, Istanbul (14-15 November 2013)
Trauttmansdorff
Trauttmansdorff
• Opened in 2001
• 12 hectares
• Altitude differential of over 100
--metres
• More than 80 garden
landscapes --with plants from all
over the world
• Divided into 4 garden worlds: ------Forests of the World,
--The Sun Gardens,
--The Water and Terraced
Gardens,
--Landscapes of South Tyrol
• 3-dimensional garden
Trauttmansdorff
• Gardens and castle
• Touriseum
• Historical tie to Empress Elisabeth
...(Sissi)
• Fusion of botanical garden and
tourist ...attraction
• Experience Stations & Artist
Pavilions
• Blooming highlights in flux
throughout ...the seasons
• Many events
Awards
400,000 visitors in 7,5 months
Early tulip years
•Local and national distributors
•About 100,000 tulips
•Few varieties, not mixed
•Unremarkable varieties, soft
colors
Tulips today
•Dutch wholesaler
•About 235,000 tulips
•Numerous varieties
•Exotic varieties like Papagallo, Falmingo etc.
Garden areas and the tulip plantings
Garden areas and the tulip plantings
Garden areas and the tulip plantings
Planting the bulbs
Planting the bulbs
Planting the bulbs
•Bulbs planted by hand
•From October to November
•Steep flower beds
Tulipa ‘Trauttmansdorff‘
•First presented in 2009
•Hybrid of the Gregii ‘Pinocchio’ tulip and
Tulip No. 73160
•Bred in Lisse, Holland, by Remarkable
Tulips
Tulipa ‘Trauttmansdorff‘
National
Grandi Giardini Italiani is a network of 93 gardens open to the public in 13
Italian regions.
•20 GGI members host collections of tulips, and 3 of them organise events on
the occasion of the tulips blooming in spring.
•On average, the amount of tulips in one Italian garden ranges from 1
thousand to 1 million plants
•On average, the tulip species in one Italian garden amount to max. 150
varieties.
Greetings from
The Gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle,
located in
Merano, South Tyrol, Italy
Dr. Heike Platter
Director of Marketing and Corporate Strategy
The Gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle
Via S. Valentino 51a, Merano
Italy
www.trauttmansdorff.it