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A collection of four tulips in soft, warm, gentle colours which I now love as much as the rich Venetian tones. We chose this collection to go on the front of our Diary for 2018.

This collection contains 5 or 10 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.

Genus Tulipa
Group/Species Darwin Hybrid,

Single-flowered cultivars, long-stemmed, flowering in April/May. Huge, goblet-like flowers up to 15cm across. Click here for more information about tulip groups.

 Lily, 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.

 Triumph

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 Elegant Lady, Menton, Mistress Mystic, Mystic van Eijk
Type Hardy Perennial Bulb
Common Name Tulip
Border Position Container, Front, Middle
Bulb Size 12/+

For more info on bulb sizes, click here.
Soil Type Chalky, Neutral, Sandy
Scent Unscented
Site Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture Well-drained
Height 45-65cm (18-24in)
Spacing Plant 20cm (8in) deep, 8cm apart. Layer bulbs if room is tight
Sowing, Seeds, Planting October - December
Care Tips Don’t plant tulips until the cold weather has set in - this helps wipe out viral and fungal diseases. Dip the bulbs in Bulb Starter when planting and mulch with manure. Leave the browning foliage on your tulips until every leaf has died right down; this allows the bulb to store more food.
Flowering April - May
Vase Life Tulips make supreme cut flowers. Strip the bottom leaves, tie the stems in paper and allow to drink with the stems held vertical for 8 hours. This helps keep the stems straight.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sow Under Cover/Plant Indoors
  • Direct Sow/Plant Outdoors
  • Flowers/Harvest
Advice & Videos
Gardening at home with Sarah | May Tulips

Sarah shares her favourite tulips for companion planting, growing in shade and pots.

Gardening at home with Sarah | The best tulips at Perch Hill

In our latest video, Sarah shares her favourite tulips for picking, pots, borders and grass.

Gardening at home with Sarah | Tulips at Perch Hill

Watch as Sarah discusses her favourite varieties currently growing in the gardens at Perch Hill.

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.

Sarah's favourite tulip groups

Sarah talks about her favourite types of tulip groups.

Planting numbers for bulbs in borders

A handy guide for how many alliums, narcissi, tulips, snowdrops and other bulbs to plant in your plot.

How to plant and grow tulips

Find out the best way to plant your tulip bulbs for a great display next spring.

How to plant tulips using a traditional bulb planter

On a particularly blustery autumn day in October, Sarah shows you how to plant tulips with a bulb planter.

How to grow tulips in container pots

Sarah shows you a few different ideas and techniques for planting tulips in container pots, for beautiful spring displays in your garden.

Understanding the 15 different tulip groups

The full list of the different tulip groups, with a little specification, as well as an example. We hope from this you can learn a bit more to help...

A guide through the tulip trial beds at Perch Hill

Sarah guides you through the new tulip varieties she is trialling from her most recent trip to the Netherlands (Hortus Bulborum, Keukenhof). She...

Sarah's blog: The Tulip Garden

We had our first light frost this morning, which has made me start thinking about planting tulips...

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Peach and Apricot Tulip Collection reviews

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Reviewed 5th October 2019 by Jean

Last years were superb. Presume these will be as well..

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Reviewed 19th September 2019 by Hello Jenny

All the tulips in this collection flowered and were long lasting. The substitute variety Mystic van Eijk flowered before the others. Less pleased with purchase of two single variety packs as only 10 out of 15 in each flowered.

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Janet

Good sized bulbs which flowered beautifully.

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Reviewed 11th July 2019 by Hello Pauline

As I previously said the colours were so well chosen. Sarah has an incredible eye for putting colours and shapes together.

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Reviewed 10th July 2019 by Hello Kelly

Really sad display, didn't do well at all, came up at different times, very few came up at all. Very disappointing. I bought 2 collections, neither did well but this was the worse one.

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Reviewed 27th June 2019 by Linda

Good packaging. Good bulbs

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Reviewed 26th June 2019 by Rosemary

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Reviewed 26th June 2019 by Rosemary

Good packaging etc but one tulip was a completely different colour to all the others

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Reviewed 26th June 2019 by Justine

All bulbs flowered and stayed flowering for good length of time, lovely colours, looked amazing.

Wow!

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Reviewed 23rd May 2018 by Jacqueline Abbott

Bought these last Autumn and planted densely on my allotment. The plan was to pick the flowers for home. They have been flowering for a couple of months now and have been absolutely beautiful. Older allotmenteers who have had plots for thirty years or so have said how fantasy tulips are. They were so nice I didn’t pick them after all but enjoyed them in situ.

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