Parrot Tulip

Tulipa Blue Parrot

• Position: full sun
• Soil: fertile, well-drained soil
• Rate of growth: average
• Flowering period: May
• Flower colour: lavender-mauve
• Other features: excellent cut-flowers
• Hardiness: fully hardy
• Bulb Size: 12+
  
  Not a true blue as the name might suggest, but it still produces a striking flower. The colour is more a pinkish-lavender-mauve with bronze-purple flushes inside the cup. The deeply fringed and curled petals open up completely to create big plate-like blooms.
  
  
• Garden care: In September to December plant bulbs 15-20cm deep and 10-15cm apart in fertile, well-drained soil. Alternatively, allow 7-9 bulbs per 30cm sq. After flowering dead-head and apply a balanced liquid fertiliser each week for the first month. Once the foliage has died down naturally lift the bulbs and store in a cool greenhouse.