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Tulip 'Negrita Parrot'
- Good for Cutting
- Perfect for Pots
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Gift wrap available at checkout
Tried & tested by Sarah
Top size bulbs for bigger flowers
Easy to grow
The best of the boiled sweet purples, made even better by the green flashes on its outer petals, which really do make this look like an exotic parrot has just landed in your garden
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Tulip petals are all edible. We scatter them over salad and use some petals dipped in tempura batter and served with a spring garden Frito Misto.
- Good for Cutting
- Perfect for Pots
Product details
- Type
- Perennial
- Position
- Container Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- April - May
- Height
- 45cm (18in)
- Group/Species
- Parrot
- Common name
- Tulip
- Moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Cultivation
- 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.
Care Tips
After flowering leave the foliage to die back naturally if you want to reuse the bulbs.
Flowering Time
April - May
