Details
- Bulb Size
- 12/+ cm
- Flowering Height
- 45 cm
- Colour
- Purples & Mauves
- Flowering Time
- May
- Planting Time
- October
- November
- Growing
- Hardy
- Perfect For
- Cutting
Lily Flowering Tulip Purple Dream
T1765
Description
Tulip ‘Purple Dream’ is a truly regal tulip with tall, elegant violet blooms. The opulent purple flowers are tapered and slim with pointed petals which open up as the blooms age and unfold, basking in the late spring sunshine.
Excellent for cutting thanks to strong stems which can easily withstand wind and rain. For a contemporary and vibrant late spring show, combine lily-flowering tulip 'Purple Dream' with punchy orange shades in the garden such as paeony-tulip ‘Orange Princess’ and parrot tulip ‘Amazing Parrot’.
Care Guide
October to November are the optimum months for planting Tulip bulbs. The cooler late-autumn temperatures help to keep disease at bay, whilst still allowing time for your bulbs to put roots down before spring.
Any well-drained, fertile soil is perfect for Tulips, ideally in full sun or part shade. Plant the bulbs 10-20 cm deep, spaced 10-20 cm apart. A piece of chicken wire or mesh can be placed on top of the soil or pots after planting if squirrels or rodents are a problem in your area.
After flowering in March to May, remove withered stems, foliage and any fallen petals to promote good plant health and apply a top dressing of high-potash fertiliser in late winter.
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Species Mix
T1023
Like a pick and mix of all your favourite sweeties, our ‘Species Tulip Mix’ is a specially chosen combination of elegant varieties to fill your garden with early colour. Comprising a careful selection of favourites, blooms will appear consecutively, overlapping in complimentary bright shades.
These animated tulips open agreeably in the daylight and tuck themselves back into a bud at night. This assortment is the perfect, no-hassle solution to creating bold flushes of flowers in containers, rockeries, borders, and lawns. Species tulips are truly perennial and happy to naturalise: given room to roam, these will spread to form sweeping drifts of radiant colour.
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Turkestanica
T1011
Bearing an astounding 9 or more snow-white flowers per bulb, Tulip Species ‘Turkestanica’ boasts a dramatic, densely packed display. A buttercup yellow core glows beside the surrounding, immaculate white petals which feature a green and bronze flush to the exterior. A supremely elegant heirloom tulip for incorporating into containers, rockeries, borders, and lawns.
This is the ultimate variety for naturalising into drifts of dancing blooms. Particularly remarkable for its equally attractive seed-heads, which scatter freely to expand the show even further. The RHS has conferred an Award of Garden Merit upon tulipa ‘Turkestanica’ in acknowledgement of the reliability it offers in the garden.
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Shakespeare
T1068
Kaufmanniana Tulip ‘Shakespeare’ is a distinct and beautifully coloured variety, producing elegant blooms with carmine-red outer petals softly edged in salmon. Inside, the flowers of tulip ‘Shakespeare’ open to glowing salmon tones flushed with scarlet, surrounding a bright golden-yellow base that shines in spring sunlight.
Free-flowering and compact in habit, this striking early tulip is perfect for borders, containers, rockeries, and smaller garden spaces where its rich colouring and beautifully detailed blooms can be fully appreciated.
- Delivery
Orders for Spring Flowering Bulbs will be despatched in order rotation from mid-September to late November.
We use Whistl for deliveries and our ordering process allows you to provide special instructions such as leaving in a safe place should you happen to be out when your bulbs are delivered or if you require a different delivery date.
Should you have any other order requirements other than those listed please contact us on 01622 840229 before placing an order.
Current charges per order are as below and include VAT.
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