Gardening at home with Sarah | May Tulips
Sarah shares her favourite tulips for companion planting, growing in shade and pots.
25 bulbs 261327-25 | £20.95 |
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50 bulbs 261327-50 | £34.95 |
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This reminds me so much of a Renoir painting, all billowing skirts, curvaceousness, wide-brimmed hats and softness. ’Pink Star’ fools almost everyone into thinking she’s a peony. You can’t get more romantic than this.
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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. 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. |
Variety | Apricot Parrot, Double Sugar, Green Wave, La Belle Epoque, Mystic van Eijk |
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 | Unscented |
Site | Full Sun, Part Shade |
Moisture | Well-drained |
Height | 35-60cm (14-24in) |
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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