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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Tulip 'Sapporo'
Tall, elegant flowers emerge in buttery yellow, then quickly fade to cream with the palest, softest, unsalted butter coloured interior. More
| 15 organic bulbs 261419-15 | £11.50 |
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| 15 bulbs 260926-15 | £9.50 |
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| 30 bulbs 260926-30 | £17.95 |
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Tall, elegant flowers emerge in buttery yellow, then quickly fade to cream with the palest, softest, unsalted butter coloured interior.
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| Genus | Tulipa |
| Group/Species | Lily flowered |
| Variety | Sapporo |
| Type | Perennial |
| Common Name | Tulip |
| Border Position | Container Garden |
| Bulb Size | 11/+ |
| 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 |
| Vase Life | Tulips make supreme cut flowers. Strip the bottom leaves, tie the stems in paper to hold the stems ram-rod 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. |
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Advice & Videos
Sarah's favourite tulip groups
Sarah talks about her favourite types of tulip groups.
Gardening at home with Sarah | May Tulips
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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.
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
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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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Tulip 'Sapporo' reviews
Average based on 9 reviews
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Reviewed 11th July 2019 by Hello Rose They were beautiful and lasted a long time |
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Reviewed 10th July 2019 by Hello Janice Many of the bulbs were infected with mould. |
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Reviewed 10th July 2019 by Hello Bob Excellent bulbs and gave a good show, just a shame that the other tulips planted and purchased with them were not as good made a disappointing display in my feature part of the garden |
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Reviewed 26th June 2019 by Jackie
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Reviewed 26th June 2019 by R McTurk The trouble is that 2 of the tulip packets actually contained hyacinths which I didn’t realise until they sprouted and looked un-tulip like. I did ring up about this and was told “oh this sometimes happens” and was asked which tulips I didn’t get. Of course by that stage I had forgotten which varieties I hadn’t got! Hyacinths are lovely but they are not what I ordered so I was a bit disappointed. |
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Reviewed 26th June 2019 by Sue long-lasting and great flowers |
Lovely tulip
Reviewed 12th May 2018 by Shirley Tolley The first time I have grown this tulip, it's so lovely I'll definitely be growing it again next year. It also has good weather tolerance which is a must up here in Orkney. |
Long lasting and so pretty
Reviewed 23rd September 2017 by J Orchard These started soft yellow and faded to pure white. They flowered for weeks in pots. Planted with soft yellow daffs and pale blue and yellow violas. They faded to white in time to match the apple blossom above. |
Beautiful
Reviewed 10th May 2015 by Elaine Gleave These are so elegant, they start off a lemon colour and fade to a fab buttermilk also they last for ages, a great buy! |
