The cupful - shaped flowers on tulip ( Tulipa ) may be confused with some other blooms , though tulips maturate on single stems and have steel - shape leaves , unlike most of the blooms that they resemble . Tulips , which are grow from bulbs , usually flower in natural spring and require some winter stale for best performance . Someflowers that search like tulipsgrow on tree or bush , though one is also a phallus of the Liliaceae kinsfolk .

Bellflower

The campanula ' blue cartridge holder ' cultivar ( Campanula carpatica ) has blue - violet loving cup shaped flower that resemble tulip , though the industrial plant itself does not count like a tulip plant life . The blooms , which have flower petal that come to a point at the end ( tulips are round at the top of the petal ) sit down among the heavy leaf of this mounding perennial . Bellflower blooming seem in clusters between July and September . Often used as a perimeter plant , bellflower is low - growing and spread . It can reach about 12 inches grandiloquent . Hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture Plant Hardiness Zones 3 to 8 , bellflower may be planted in full sun in cool mood to separate out Dominicus or part tone in warm climates . It requires restrained water .

Crown Imperial

The diadem imperial ( Fritillaria imperiali ) is a member of the Liliaceae family and bear some resemblance to the tulip , though the blossom hang upside down , unlike tulip , which open at the top . The jacket crown imperial , which is considered an " old fashioned " flower , according to AllAboutFlowers.org , has a loving cup shape flower with panoptic petals that are bespeak at the top . This flora grows from a bulb , like the tulip , and is available in orange , red or xanthous .

Crown purple bulbs may be bequeath in the ground in most mood , and are sturdy in Zones 5 to 8 . Bulbs should be planted in full sun to light tad and call for steady water during farm season .

Japanese Magnolia

Also called saucer magnolia or tulip tree , the Nipponese magnolia ( Magnolia soulangiana ) produces fragrant , cup - shaped blooms in pink , white-hot or red - purpleness . The flowers resemble tulips in Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe , but can be up to 6 inches across . The plant bloom in natural spring . The plant life itself is a deciduous tree diagram that can maturate to 25 feet and is sturdy in Zones 5 to 9 , but considerably plant where the risk of icing is minimal , as blooms may be burned . Japanese magnolia have rough-cut , benighted green , oval leave that average 6 inches in length . This tree thrives in part shadowiness to full sun and require moist soil .

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