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Something for everyone! Whether you are after something tall, short, double blooms, or single later flowering, our tulip range is second to none. From cut flower varieties such as the bold Ballerina Tulip Bulbs to our striking ruffled petalled Estella Rijnveld Tulips we have something for everyone. Can't find what you are looking for? Give us a call and we will be happy to help.
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A great new addition for your garden, the caramel tones of the Cairo tulip would look stunning planted in a scheme with White Dream tulips and Daffodils. The unusual colouring will make other species pop, but also planted on its own this tulip will demand your attention
- Category: Triumph
- Height (cm): 50cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 12/14cm
- Blooms: April
A deeper violet at the base of the petals, these distinctive blooms open up to reveal pastel shades of lilac. Popular in cottage gardens the softer shades look stunning next to Lavenders, Alliums and Star of Bethlehemem.
- Category: Single Early
- Height (cm): 45cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 12/14cm
- Blooms: April
Tropical vibes from this wonderful parrot tulip, the vibrant yellow and orange tipped frilled petals are great for adding drama.
- Category: Parrot
- Height: 50cm
- Bulb Size: 11/12cm
- Blooms: April/ May
Pointed tipped blooms on strong stems, the carmine rose to deep pink flowers are a beautiful sight in early spring. The pop of colour is a welcome sight and add great focal points in planted beds.
- Category: Single Early
- Height (cm): 35cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 12/14cm
- Blooms: April
Delicate crisp white petals fading into a sunshine yellow base, these smaller flowering tulips are perfect for pots and borders as they also produce a light sweet fragrance.
- Category: Fosteriana
- Height: 25cm
- Bulb Size: 12/14cm
- Blooms: March/ April
Stunning copper petals that open up to large magnificent blooms flowering late April into early May.
- Category: Double Late
- Height: 35cm
- Bulb Size: 12/14cm
- Blooms: April/May
Carrying a strong fragrance, these delightful double blooms open out to reveal soft creamy petals with delicate pink dustings. The colours will deepen with age and are a perfect variety for adding into a cottage garden theme.
- Category: Double Early
- Height (cm): 30cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 10/11cm
- Blooms: April
Bold and beautiful brilliant red flowers that have amazingly frilled edged petals. This decorative variety is well suited to being grown in pots so you can show off their beauty or amongst your borders to bring a splash of colour.
- Category: Fringed
- Height (cm): 50cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 12/14cm
- Blooms: May
With defined fringed petals, these rich striking yellow flowers look amazing in window boxes, formal beds or even as cut flowers to add to a bouquet with their long tall stems.
- Category: Fringed
- Height (cm): 55cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 12/14cm
- Blooms: April/ May
A gorgeous tulip that is mildly fragrant. These large blooms change colour as they mature starting as a shade of lemon yellow, gradually changing to an apricot orange.
- Category: Darwin Hybrid
- Height (cm): 55cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 12/14cm
- Blooms: May
Striking fuschia-red petals melting down to light green, sturdy stems. These elegant Viridiflora Tulips add boldness to any border and garden with their slender fluted blooms.
- Category: Viridiflora
- Height: 55cm
- Bulb Size: 12/14cm
- Blooms: May
This triumphant triumph tulip variety, Don Quichotte stands proudly amongst planted borders or also suitable for pots. The rose-pink blooms have a purple sheen and will keep on performing year after year.
- Category: Darwin Hybrid
- Height (cm): 40cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 12/14cm
- Blooms: April/May
The beautiful petals of the Dordogne tulip appear in a soft pinky orange with tinged yellow edges. Bringing joy year after year these wonderful tulips are a great addition for any garden landscape, pots or containers.
- Category: Single
- Height (cm): 60cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 12/14cm
- Blooms: May
A dynasty formed by the well-known Emperor tulips, this magnificently bright collection will break up any dull and long-forgotten areas and make turn them into a place to be enjoyed.
- Height (cm): 40cm
- Blooms: April
With rippled petals, the vivid red and white blooms are striking. They are perfect in patio planters as they create a real talking piece.
- Category: Parrot
- Height (cm): 50cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 12/14cm
- Blooms: May
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With its creamy yellow blooms, this popular variety is perfect for adding opulence and delicate colour to borders and beds.
- Category: Exotic
- Height (cm): 50cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 12/14cm
- Blooms: April
Sunset shades, the petals on the Flair tulip start as raspberry red fading to the edges to a sunset yellow/ orange. A beautiful bloom these early tulips and more suited to being planted near the front of borders and beds.
- Category: Single Early
- Height (cm): 35cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 12/14cm
- Blooms: April
Purple-painted petals against the ivory tips make this a stand-out variety. Suitable for landscaping, pots, beds and borders, make this bicolour tulip a real allrounder.
- Category: Rembrandt, Triumph
- Height (cm): 55cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 12/14cm
- Blooms: April/ May
The most striking bulb in our range! Fierce, bold and unique, this Tulip is a real eye-catcher - tall fluted fringed petals, swirls of red and sun-set yellow which fade to a creamy white with age.
- Category: Parrot
- Height: 60cm
- Bulb Size: 12 +cm
- Blooms: early May
Suitable for pots or framing your borders, these wonderful dual-coloured tulips are a favourite. The white petals with deep purple strokes create great depth and add interest to your existing spring display.
- Category: Single Early
- Height: 40cm
- Bulb Size: 12/14cm
- Blooms: April
A stunning tulip that will open in early spring to reveal multiple shades of white, cream and rose pink which then fade into a raspberry pink.
- Category: Fosteriana
- Height (cm): 40cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 12/14cm
- Blooms: April
Ideal for attracting bees and butterflies, this later flowering tulip has stunning yellow and green striped petals.
- Category: Viridiflora
- Height: 45cm
- Bulb Size: 12/14cm
- Blooms: May
Lightly fragranced these bowl-shaped blooms open to reveal rippled colours of creamy white and raspberry pink flowers. Like candy floss from the fair they are a pure delight in any garden!
- Category: Double Early
- Height (cm): 45cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 12/14cm
- Blooms: May
Beautiful double-flowering tulips, the peony type flower heads are a gorgeous two-tone of soft yellows and orange pinks that are reminiscent of the amazing sunsets we have in early summer.
- Category: Double Early
- Height (cm): 30cm
- Bulb Size (cm): 12/14cm
- Blooms: April
Tips for Tulips: Dwarf/Lily Varieties
Upright cups in a wide range of colours and shapes, bringing joy to any garden in the middle of spring- today we’re talking about tulips!
As their name suggests, Dwarf tulips are bred for their short stems, usually growing no higher than 25cm, but bloom no less vibrantly than any other tulip. Meanwhile, Lily-Flowering tulips are the plant with the greatest visual difference from other tulips- again, their name best describes their elegant shape.
Did You Know…?
Both Dwarf tulips and Lily tulips make excellent cut flowers. Tulips make for excellent cut flowers in general, as they’re hardy enough to continue growing in a vase for a little while, even after they’re cut!
How Best to Grow
The best choice for tulips in most situations is to plant them (at least 10cm deep) in rows or clusters of 10-15, in a sunny spot with humus-rich, free-draining soil. Best planted in the late autumn months. Lily-flowering tulips, though tall, are not highly wind-resistance, so it’s important to plant them in a place protected by the wind.
Our Picks
Dwarf tulips’ short height makes them an ideal pick for patio pots and similar containers. Alternatively, they’re a good height to place at the front of a border, scatter through a rockery, or outline a shrub!
- ‘Red Riding Hood’ is one of my personal favourite varieties: with simple-yet-gorgeous, variegated crimson petals and burgundy-striped foliage, it’s all the better to decorate your garden with, my dear!
- ‘Little Beauty’ is unusual in its shape, being more of a wide-open flower than a traditional cup-shaped tulip. Its outer petals are a lovely magenta-rose colour, with a beautiful blue centre.
Lily-flowering tulips are somewhat later bloomers and have taller, slender stems (around 50cm-70cm tall), and their gorgeous shape and a wide variety of colours make them popular as cut flowers or as part of a bouquet. Alternatively, place them as the centrepiece of a tall container.
- The stunning ‘Marilyn’ bears white and red petals that almost look like they have been painted- combined with its name, it’s hard not to think of it as an elegant lady with an amazing new frock!
- And for an effective single colour, ‘Merlot’ produces waxy, wine-red goblets which make a strong statement on their own, or alongside another coloured tulip. Cheers!
Tips for Tulips: Darwin/Triumph Varieties
Upright cups in a wide range of colours and shapes, bringing joy to any garden in the middle of spring- today we’re talking about tulips!
Darwin tulips are perhaps best noted for their large flower size and vibrant colouration. When crossbred with Single Early cultivars, you get Triumph Tulips: as their name suggests, they’re one of the best tulip varieties in terms of having a perfect balance of beauty and practicality, with an enormous range of colourations, many of which boast a neat and sophisticated air that make a bold statement in the garden!
Did You Know…?
Tulips have always been a highly popular plant. In fact, the popularity of tulips may have been responsible for the first-ever asset bubble: ‘tulip mania’ occurred in the early 1600s in the Dutch Republic, where the prices of tulips skyrocketed based on their popularity (at its height, the price of a tulip was estimated to be ten times that of highly-performing workers’ annual income!) before it abruptly crashed down in 1637.
How Best to Grow
Both types of tulip are to be grown in autumn and in similar conditions: rich, well-drained soil in full sunlight. Triumph tulips are the best flowers for forcing, whereas Darwin tulips are better for naturalising for a relatively long lifespan in your garden. Either variety makes for a delightful display in beds, borders and containers, and has the best visual impact in large groups.
Our Picks
Darwin hybrid tulips, as mentioned before, are especially large-flowering and tall, sturdy and long-lasting.
- ‘Daydream’ is a sunshine-y variation, with its younger petals blooming in a lemon yellow, but ageing beautifully into a warm, glowing orange!
- ‘Pink Impression’ bares blushing pink petals with a soft feathering of different shades. Its foliage has its own appeal too, with variegated leaves lined with gold.
- ‘Apeldoorn Elite’ burns bright with gold flowers streaked with ruby red.
- ‘Beauty of Apeldoorn’ has a striking scarlet-orange colouration, but is just as noteworthy due to its taller-than-average size and bold, lance-shaped foliage.
There are enough gorgeous cultivars of Triumph tulips to fill a garden all of their own! However, if you had to hear some potential picks for your garden, we’d recommend:
- ‘Jan Reus’, a great deep crimson bloom, that sits proudly on darkly stained stems. A dramatic and deep tulip for creating drama and depth
- ‘Cairo’ tulips are a burnt orange in colour, but their waxy sheen provides an unusual accent; in some lights, this flower can appear to have an almost metallic, brassy appearance
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