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 261301-20 | £14.95 |
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40 bulbs 261301-40 | £24.95 |
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60 bulbs 261301-60 | £33.95 |
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This is exquisitely beautiful. The exotic and sultry 'Black Parrot', mixed with the chestnut maroon ‘Ridgedale’. The purple and black ‘Caviar’ and ‘Queen of Night’ are there to ground the other two world-class beauties, which would be too much on their own. Swoon!
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Group/Species |
Double Late, Also known as Peony-flowered. These have large, fully double flowers up to 12cm wide. Click here for more information about tulip groups. Cultivar with unusual fringed, curled and twisted petals. Mainly late-flowering. Stems of variable length with large flowers which can be bi-coloured. 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. |
Common Name | Tulip |
Border Position | Container Garden |
Soil Type | Broad Tolerance |
Scent | Unscented |
Site | Full Sun |
Moisture | Well-drained |
Height | 45cm (18in) |
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 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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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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Reviewed 24th August 2019 by Diane Can only do purchase as the tulips have not come yet |