Tulipa
Tulip
- Height × spread
- 0.1m – 0.7m × 0.1m – 0.5m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
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About this plant
A garden favourite in a dazzling array of colours to brighten spring borders and pots. The blooms are usually cup-shaped, rising on sturdy stems above blade-like leaves. There's a range of bloom shape including narrow flutes, lily-shaped or rounded like peonies. Some have frilly petals, some are scented. Heights range from 10cm to 70cm with spreads up to 50cm. They also make excellent cut flowers.
- Flower colour
- Apricot, Black, Green, Grey, Lilac, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red, White, Yellow
- Foliage colour
- Blue, Brown, Green, Grey, Red
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, some varieties
- Shape
- Bell, Column, Cone, Dome, Round
- Height
- 0.1m – 0.7m
- Spread
- 0.1m – 0.5m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer, Winter
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Small scale garden, Scented garden, Rock garden, Prairie garden, Mediterranean garden, Gravel garden, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, likes part shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal), Poor soil
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil, Dry soil, Drought resistant
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Hazards
- Yes, some poisonous
AutumnNow
Autumn · Planting
Lift before winter
Lift bulbs. tubers or rhizomes in autumn, to keep for the following year. Keep dry and in a frost-free location for the winter. Re-plant in spring.
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Feed a general fertiliser
Give a general purpose feed two or three times during the growing season, preferably not within a month of its end so the plant isn't encouraged to make fresh young growth.
Where food elements are listed as three numeric values on the label representing in order Nitrogen(N)-Phosphorus(P)-Potassium(K), with percentage values for each, choose one where the values are more or less equal.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water in dry periods
Established plants in the ground can cope with 7-10 days of dryness, and shrubs often manage 2 to 3 weeks. Water one section of the garden thoroughly each day rather than a little everywhere. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather.
Planting & general
Outdoors
Feed & mulch some rose varieties differently
To keep roses healthy and produce more flowers, feed during the growing season before and after flowering. Roses in containers should be fed more often than those planted in the ground, every two weeks from mid spring to late summer. Adding a mulch around the base of a rose will trap moisture and enrich the soil as it biodegrades.
Outdoors
Water some varieties differently
Some plants within this genus have additional requirements for water. It is best to look up your specific plant, or the species it belongs to for watering guidance.
Planting
Deadhead blooms during flowering season
Remove flowers as they turn brown and fade. Snip the stem just below the bloom. This will keep the plant tidy and encourage more flowers.
The removal of spent flowers encourages the plant to produce fresh ones, rather than spend its energy on the development of seeds.
Found in
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