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
These spectacular double-flowering tulips are also known as 'Peony tulips' for the close resemblance that the sweetly scented, blousey blooms bear to that early summer favourite. They will bloom from April through May, bringing a luxuriant splash of colour to your garden and filling the air with delightful perfume. Tulips are perfect for planting in a mix of hues, shapes and sizes, contrasting beautifully against one another, so plant them en masse in borders for a wave of colour - or in containers for a superb springtime feature. This mix of double-blooming tulips is ideal for creating eye-catching colour and structure. Simply plant the bulbs and look forward to spring, when they will erupt into a delightful display. With long-lasting blooms on elegant stems, they make lovely cut flowers, too. Simply bunch in a vase to bring a beautiful touch of spring colour and scent to your windowsill or mantelpiece. Tulips are very easy to grow, they are suitable for gardeners of every level of experience. Supplied as a mix of 20 bulbs, size 10+ ready to plant out in autumn.
One of the most popular dark-coloured Tulip, 'Queen of Night' makes a striking appearance in the garden with its deep-purple, almost black, velvety blooms. Tulips are a popular bulb choice for spring colour but why not try something a little different and create a stunning feature border that will stand out amongst the crowd in your garden? The dark-purple, traditional tulip cup-shaped blooms are set against a wonderful glossy green backdrop that will look fantastic used to fill up borders but will look just as spectacular in pots and containers placed on patios, pathways and around entrances. Easy to care for and great for cutting and bringing indoors, Tulip 'Queen of Night' is a spectacular spring flowering bulb that will really add an intense flavour to your garden. Supplied as a pack of 30 bulbs, size 10/11 ready for planting out in autumn.
From the strikingly colourful 'parrot tulip' group 'Estella Rijnveld' is one of the most spectacular varieties around with frilly double blooms and flame streaked petals that have a wonderfully exotic feel to them. On warm spring days the blooms open wide and become almost flat - often 4in or more across - before closing again in the evening. For best effect plant in close groups in a sunny spot - they're perfect in close groups in pots and containers on the patio. As with all our other tulips, they make beautiful cut flower displays - simply cut the long stems and place in groups in vases to dress up windowsills or mantelpieces. They look truly spectacular but they're really not hard to grow and are perfect as an easy solution to adding bold spring colour with a twist to your garden next spring. Supplied as a pack of 10 bulbs, size 11/12, ready for planting out in autumn.
Superb tulip mix in a rainbow mix of bold, flame-like colours. Equally at home in borders and patio pots.'Rembrandts' are an old-fashioned style of tulip, which were very much in vogue at the time that the tulip trade was at its height. Each variety in this stunning blend has bold, streaked petals in fantastic bicolours, together offering all the hues of a painter's palette.Growing to 50cm tall, they bloom througout May, giving stunning displays - and they make lovely cut flowers, too. Plant in groups of 10 or so bulbs in a sunny spot for best performance and maximum visual impact. They combine well with blues and purples, which will highlight their fiery colours.Easy to grow, the colours are the result of genetic variation and not, as often believed, the result of virus - although this would certainly have been the case in the 17th and 18th centuries, when 'bulb mania' gripped Holland.Tulips prefer a position where they can be baked in the summer sun to help ripen the bulbs for next season's display.Delivered as a pack of 25 professional-quality bulbs for immediate planting in the autumn.
Bulbs such as tulips and crocuses herald the arrival of spring, and there's nothing more exciting than the sight of their bold and bright colours peeking up from the ground marking the end of a long winter and the start of the warmerweather. This great value collection combines the instantly recognisable crocus with compact and robust early tulips for a display that will get your garden noticed. With their distinctive goblet flowers, these blue crocuses are the iconic spring flower. Opening with the sun and closing at dusk, they will continue to bloom with bigger and better displays year after year! Perfect in pots, crocuses will flower from February to March, then, blooming from March, the early tulips take over and extend the show. 'Johann Strauss' is a compact tulip at just 25cm in height, with blue-green mottled leaves. The flowers are cream, flushed with red and yellow, and make a truly outstanding display. Plant these bulbs in pots or straight into flowerbeds and you will enjoy a host of flowers from late February onwards. Supplied as a pack of 30 bulbs, ready for planting out in autumn.
Bulbs such as tulips herald the arrival of spring, and there's nothing more exciting than the sight of their bold and bright colours erupting from pots and flowerbeds to mark the start of the warmer weather. This great value collection of purple tulips will give you the ultimate display of purple tones that will certainly get your garden noticed, with their distinctive goblet flowers and sword-shaped leaves. Spectacular whether planted directly into flowerbeds 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! The size of the bulb is expressed as the girth of the bulb in centimetres, so these 10/11 tulip bulbs are a good-sized bulb that will give you tremendous, garden-worthy results. Plant these bulbs in pots or straight into flowerbeds and you will enjoy a host of flowers from late April.Supplied as a pack of 25 bulbs, size 10/11 ready for planting in autumn.
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!
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.
Surely one of the most dazzling tulips that you can add to your garden this year, the large, frilly flowers of Tulip 'gold dust' are fully double and look like peony blooms as they burst into colour in spring. With bright, scarlet blooms fringed with gold, this lavish tulip will bring a touch of opulent luxury wherever it's planted and will certainly create a talking point! Easy to grow, Gold Dust is a perfect tulip for growing in pots, where they can be moved around the garden, and they make perfect cut flowers so you can bring their rich display into the home. To create a magnificent visual impact, plant them in a clump or dot throughout the flower bed between blue and purple perennials. Supplied as a pack of 20 bulbs, size 12+ ready to plant out in autumn.
A mixture of bicoloured tulips, this collection of traditional types will set your garden awash with colour in spring and is perfect if clean, simple blooms are what you want. 'Viridiflora' Tulips have vase-shaped flowers with pointed petals and broad, strappy leaves. Each bloom is marked with green through the midrib, which serves to highlight the colour of the flower beautifully and is colourful enough to brighten even the dullest area of your garden. Strong stems make these tulips perfect for cutting and they make fabulous, long lasting flowers look great when brought into your home. Plant them in any well-drained soil in a sunny position your garden and then as soon as Aprilarrives, your spring garden will be full of gorgeous colour. Supplied as a pack of 25 bulbs, size 10/11 ready for planting in autumn. Growing to a height of approx. 45cm.
A mix of wonderful shades and colours to brighten up any garden. Tulips are one of the most popular bulbs as they are perfect when planted with a mix of different colour variations to give vibrant spring colour to your garden, patio or decking. Their compact nature keeps them in neat form and means they won't topple over or takeover beds and borders. It also means they are fantastic for filling up pots and containers on the patio.This mix is the perfect all-in-one solution to adding a rainbow of colour to your garden ready to burst to life next spring. Tulips are easy to plant, grow and care for - maximum impact with minimum effort! Don't forget - they also make stunning cut flowers to brighten up the indoors as well as outdoors! Plant in the autumn for stunning spring displays.
Special and Unique! Its easy to see how this unusual tulip got the name 'Ice Cream'! The soft white inner bloom rises above the outer stawberry pink petals that have a hint of green, to look just like ice-cream in a cone. The petals are wonderfully ruffled and the flowers are so large that they have to be seen to be believed. The combination of white sitting on the pink and green cup is extraordinary! These sensational tulips will create an excellent display in your spring borders, containers on patios, really making your garden come to life! They are also excellent cut flowers and make stunning indoor displays. Supplied as 5 bulbs, size 11+ ready to plant in autumn, growing to a height of 40cm.