Protecting tulips from pests
Protect your tulips this spring from their main pests. This short guide shows you how to avoid tulip fire and squirrels.
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Explosion of Spring Tulip Collection
The epitome of a bold and brilliant, boiled sweet colour mix and so much the better, to blast away any winter gloom. More
| 20 bulbs 261310-20 | £12.50 |
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| 40 bulbs 261310-40 | £23.50 |
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The epitome of a bold and brilliant, boiled sweet colour mix and so much the better, to blast away any winter gloom. This is exactly what I want in the garden, and brought inside, to celebrate the start of a whole new growing season. Two of these are laden with freesia-like scent (such a bonus), with several orange tulips too.
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| Genus | Tulipa |
| Group/Species |
Lily flowered,
Single Late, Single-flowered cultivars, mainly long-stemmed and late-flowering. Versatile with large oval to almost squarish flowers on strong stems. Click here for more information about tulip groups. Single-flowered cultivars, stem of medium height, flowering in mid-season. Good lasting properties. Conical flowers, up to 7.5cm wide. Click here for more information about tulip groups. |
| Variety | Ballerina, Mariette, Purple Dream, Temple of Beauty |
| Type | Hardy Perennial Bulb (Grown as a Hardy Annual) |
| Common Name | Tulip |
| Border Position | Container, Front, Middle |
| Soil Type | Chalky, Clay, Fertile, Neutral, Sandy |
| Scent | Ballerina is scented |
| Site | Full Sun, Part Shade |
| Moisture | Well-drained |
| Height | 50-60cm (20-24in) |
| 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 tulip bulbs until the cold weather has set in – this helps wipe out viral and fungal diseases. Leave the browning foliage on your tulips until every leaf has died right down – this allows the bulb to store more food and increases the chances of good flowering the following year. |
| Flowering | April - May |
| Vase Life | Tulips make supreme cut flowers. Strip the bottom leaves, tie the stems in paper to hold them ramrod 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. If you prefer them bolt upright all the way through their cut flower life, poke a pin or darning needle through the stem, just below the flower and then remove the needle. This disrupts the very active area of cell division, where the main growth comes from after picking. The tulip then won’t develop a hanging head. I only do this with the whopper-headed varieties. |
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- Flowers/Harvest
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Top tips for growing tulips
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Sarah's favourite tulip groups
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Understanding the 15 different tulip groups
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Layering bulbs – How to make a bulb lasagne
Create beautiful flower displays in your spring pots with Sarah's guide to layering bulbs in a bulb lasagne.
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