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.
20 bulbs 261039-20 | £12.95 |
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40 bulbs 261039-40 | £21.50 |
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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.
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 |
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. 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. |
Common Name | Tulip |
Border Position | Container Garden |
Soil Type | Broad Tolerance |
Scent | Unscented |
Site | Full Sun |
Moisture | Well-drained |
Height | 45cm (18in) |
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 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 and allow to drink with the stems held vertical for 8 hours. This helps keep the stems straight. |
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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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Peach and Apricot Tulip Collection reviews
Reviewed 5th October 2019 by Jean Last years were superb. Presume these will be as well.. |
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. |
Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Janet Good sized bulbs which flowered beautifully. |
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. |
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. |
Reviewed 27th June 2019 by Linda Good packaging. Good bulbs |
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 |
Reviewed 26th June 2019 by Justine All bulbs flowered and stayed flowering for good length of time, lovely colours, looked amazing. |
Wow!
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. |