Tulips are said to signal the arrival of spring so it’s no wonder the humble tulip is a real symbol of the season. Widely available from December to April, these cheerful flowers never fail to brighten up the home or garden.
Dispite popular belief Tulips do not originate from Holland but instead they actually come from Central Asia. Originally from Persia and Turkey, tulips were brought to Europe in the 16th century, where the flower earned its name due to its resemblance to a turban (tülbend in Turkish).
Scientific Name: Tulipa
Family: Lilaceae
Availability: October- June, peaks December-April. Some limited availability ou
This buoyant variety will surely make you smile, and offer colourful displays in your borders and pots with large flared heads in vibrant orange with traces of yellow and the edges of the outer petals with soft grey lilac set on a sturdy stem. Also excellent as a cut flower. #html-body [data-pb-style="60599B2121778"]{justify-content: flex-start; display: flex; flex-direction: column; background-position: left top; background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: scroll; border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px;}#html-body [data-pb-style="60599B2121788"]{border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;}
A premium, double-flowered tulip 'Exquisit', is so full of petals that it resembles a peony, and makes a stunning addition to pots and borders where its erupting blooms mark the start of the warmer weather, whetting your appetite for the main floral event to come. The sturdy stems of this large-flowered tulip will put up with all but the worst of our spring weather and naturally make superb cut flowers in a vase meaning that you can bring their glorious colour indoors. Bulbs such as Tulips herald the arrival of spring, and there's nothing more exciting than the sight of their bold and bright colours. Opening in April and May, with luxurious blooms each with a mix of lilac, green and white petals, Exquisist certainly lives up to its name and will thrill everyone who sees it! Supplied as a pack of 15 top size bulbs, ready for planting. Plant these bulbs in pots or straight into flowerbeds and you'll enjoy a host of flowers from late April. Spectacular whether planted directly into flower beds or into a favourite container, tulips are easy to grow and need very little in the way of expertise to get great results that a gardening pro would be proud of!
Flamingo pink blooms with a classic goblet shape rise upwards on sturdy stems in mid-spring. Tulip ?Pink Giant? is bold and beautiful, suffusing beds and borders in a warming splash of colour that tones beautifully with its blue-green foliage.
With its gentle primrose yellow blooms and classic goblet shape, Tulip 'World Friendship' makes a beautiful choice for to welcome the spring to your garden.
A peony-flowered Tulip with voluptuous, rounded golden blooms and a surprisingly good perfume. Tulips aren?t normally noted for their scent but this one certainly breaks that mould!
Commonly known as the wild Tulip, this species is tough, reliable and easy to naturalise. Unlike the highly bred, shapely forms of today?s modern cultivars, Tulip sylvestris retains a carefree habit with wide, scented, golden blooms that rise upon slender stems.
Bulbs such as Tulips herald the arrival of spring, and there's nothing more exciting than the sight of their bold and bright colours as they erupt from their winter. These premium, double-flowered tulips are so full of petals that they resemble roses or peonies, and make a stunning addition to pots and borders where their exciting blooms mark the start of the warmerweather. Double Touch is a blousy raspberry-pink edged tulip with layers of gorgeous petals and matched superbly with Tulip Shirly Double with its purple edged blooms. Ideal as cut flowers, peony-flowered tulips are a definite must have bulb this year, and designers are in love with them - and we think you'll feel the same! Opening in April and May, with luxurious, multi-petalled blooms, this collection will delight everyone who everyone who sees them! Also, being easy to grow and needing very little in the way of expertise to get great results anyone can grow them! Supplied as a pack of 20 bulbs, ready for planting into pots or straight into flowerbeds - a spectacular tulip mix.
Classic tulips in a range of bright colours, long-lasting flowers from mid to late spring. Ht. 50cm. Supplied as bulbs.
Prized by flower arrangers for its rounded double blooms, with layer upon layer of petals. Tulip ?Double flag? is an exquisite variety in an opulent shade of mauve-purple. This stunning Tulip makes a superb cut flower, but is equally impressive grown in large groups throughout beds, borders and containers.
Plant Tulip ?Fly Away? in bold groups where its distinctive blooms will give the appearance of dancing flames. Orange petals, edged with gold, are carried on sturdy, upright stems from April to May. The eye-catching flowers make a fine cut flower for a vase indoors, where you can enjoy their soft fragrance too. Grow Tulip ?Fly away? in beds, borders and containers for a dramatic display, year after year. Height: 50cm (20). Spread: 10cm (4).
Tulip 'Ice Stick' is one of the earliest of the Kaufmanniana types, flowering from March to April. This intriguing variety has its own unique look that will certainly stand out from the crowd!