Viridiflora Tulips
Viridiflora Tulips are fascinating tulips and much sought after, for garden and flower arrangers. They will add a totally new element to your garden in mid May. All have delicate clearly defined crystalline-fringed petals and they produce stems of variable lengths.
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Artist
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Blooming in shades of salmon and rose, flushed with dark green and muted purple, the pointed petals of Viridiflora Tulip ‘Artist’ look as though they have been painted with the sweeping strokes of an artist’s brush.
These unique Heirloom tulips are long-lasting and return every spring for years to come, unlike many modern tulip varieties. The stems are not especially long, so plant near the front of the border and fill your pots to ensure tulip Artist’s exceptional beauty is not overshadowed by taller plants.
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Doll's Minuet
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Viridiflora Tulip ‘Doll’s Minuet’ produces vivid red petals dramatically flared with vertical green flames, creating one of the most distinctive and sharply defined tulip displays of late spring. The elegant blooms of tulip ‘Doll’s Minuet’ combine vibrant colour with crisp line and structure, bringing a bold architectural quality to borders and contemporary planting schemes.
Flowering through May on tall upright stems, this striking variety performs especially well in all garden designs and pots. Cool spring weather helps extend the flowering period, allowing the unusual colouring and refined form to be enjoyed even longer.
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Greenland
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Viridiflora Tulip ‘Greenland’, sometimes referred to as ‘Groenland’, features a soft chalice shape and longer stems than many viridiflora tulip varieties making this one of the best for cutting.
The cupped flowers bloom in a pretty colour arrangement of rose-pink petals with a fresh green sweep along each centre.
Viridiflora tulips are known for being long-lasting in the garden, returning in late spring every year with their annual show of blooms.
Both in the vase and in the garden, tulip ‘Greenland’ combines beautifully with pastel pink and lilac shades as well as richer pinks and purples.
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Purple Dance
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Viridiflora Tulip ‘Purple Dance’ produces elegant deep purple petals blending into fresh green bases, creating a beautifully layered effect that subtly changes with shifting spring light. The refined blooms of tulip ‘Purple Dance’ stand upright through May, bringing structure, contrast, and sophisticated colour to borders and seasonal planting schemes.
With strong stems and exceptionally long-lasting flowers, this reliable variety performs beautifully in both formal and naturalistic gardens.
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Spring Green
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Reliable, perennial, and versatile, Viridiflora Tulip ‘Spring Green’ oozes a timeless glamour which fits into virtually any planting scheme or floral arrangement, adding a feathery swoosh of green and white.
The elegant blooms are long lasting and perfect for cutting, so be sure to grow enough to spare a few for the vase. Their classic shape and graceful looks marry well with soft, silvery foliage and pale colours.
Viridiflora tulips are perennial, reappearing every spring with as much gusto as their first year.
Tulip ‘Spring Green’ has been granted the sought-after Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society.
