Gardening at home with Sarah | May Tulips
Sarah shares her favourite tulips for companion planting, growing in shade and pots.
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Lily-Flowered Tulip Pot Collection
Our Venetian Tulip Collection 'Mark II', with three supremely elegant, and in the case of 'Ballerina' scented, Lily-flowered tulips combined together to give flowers April into May. More
| 15 bulbs 261116-15 | £12.50 |
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| 30 bulbs 261116-30 | £20.95 |
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| 45 bulbs 261116-45 | £27.95 |
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Our Venetian Tulip Collection 'Mark II', with three supremely elegant, and in the case of 'Ballerina' scented, Lily-flowered tulips combined together to give flowers April into May.
I adore this brand new mix. The foliage arching over the side of the pots pictured here is Crocus 'Flower Record', whose flowers cheer us up in February followed by the leaves to soften the tulip collection AND hide the black plastic pot neatly fitted inside the terracotta to ensure a quick flower succesion.
This collection contains 5, 10 or 15 bulbs each of:This can be gift wrapped in our exclusive hessian sack, with ribbon and a Sarah Raven gift card. You will be able to add this to your basket once you begin the checkout process. To add a gift message to your order, simply fill out the details at the delivery stage of the checkout.
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Our tulip bulbs are the best and biggest we can find, from tried and trusted growers. Don't forget that tulips like to be planted late in October and November with the colder weather, and need a little watering if planted in pots.
| Group/Species | Lily-flowered |
| Common Name | Tulip |
| Border Position | Container Garden |
| Bulb Size |
12/+ For more info on bulb sizes, click here. |
| Soil Type | Broad Tolerance |
| Scent | Scented: Tulip 'Ballerina' |
| Site | Full Sun |
| Moisture | Well-drained |
| Height | 60cm (24in) |
| Spacing | Plant pointy end up 10-15cm (4-6in) deep, 8cm (3in) apart. Layer bulbs to a depth of 25-30cm (10-12in) if room is tight. Remember to add plenty of grit if your soil is heavy. For containers, space bulbs 1-2cm (½-1in) apart if planting in a single layer, give them more room, 2-3cm (1-1½in) if planting in a bulb lasagne. |
| Sowing, Seeds, Planting | Plant outdoors October-December. |
| Care Tips | Don’t plant tulips until mid-late October. Plant pointy end up 10-15cm deep, 8cm apart in borders (less in containers). You can use a mycorrhizal Bulb Starter. After flowering leave the foliage to die back naturally if you want to reuse the bulbs. |
| Flowering | April - May |
| Vase Life | Tulips make supreme cut flowers. Strip the bottom leaves, tie the stems in paper to hold the stems ram-rod straight and leave to drink for at least 3 hours – or overnight. This helps keep the stems straight, but tulips do continue to grow after picking so curves may appear. |
| Harvesting | Flowers in April and May |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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- Sow Under Cover/Plant Indoors
- Direct Sow/Plant Outdoors
- Flowers/Harvest
Advice & Videos
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Lily-Flowered Tulip Pot Collection reviews
Average based on 6 reviews
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Reviewed 10th July 2019 by Hello Kate Bulbs arrived when expected, good instructions which I followed putting the bulbs into 2 big pots, but whilst leaves appeared only 3 tulips flowered and the rest were blind. |
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Reviewed 10th July 2019 by Jane A really good show of tulips grown in a pot. |
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Reviewed 29th June 2019 by Keith Pleased with these bulbs which performed well. |
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Reviewed 26th June 2019 by Barbara Strong healthy growth, colour and form better than expected and the flowers lasted a long time, probably about a month. The best container grown tulips ever! Certainly I would buy again. |
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Reviewed 26th June 2019 by Jill Fantastic display in large pot. Shall repeat next year. Labelling is good. |
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Reviewed 26th June 2019 by Abigail
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