Tulipa 'Silver Parrot'
parrot tulip bulbs
- Position: full sun
- Soil: fertile, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: May
- Flower colour: red streaked with green
- Other features: excellent cut-flowers
- Hardiness: fully hardy
- Bulb size: 12/14
From pink-flushed, silvery buds, ruffled, irregulaly-shaped petals open to show their slightly darker pink interiors. A graceful tulip, which forms big, open cups when mature. Its interesting shape and soft colouring makes it a good partner for more formal looking cultivars with stronger pink tones. - 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.
- Harmful if eaten/may cause skin allergy
Astelia chathamica 'Silver Spear'
silver spear
Dramatic, silvery, spear-shaped leaves
Camellia japonica 'Elegans'
camellia
Rose-pink double flowers in mid spring
Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata 'Ruby Port'
granny's bonnet
Stunning, double, ruby-red flowers
Anthriscus sylvestris
cow parsley
beautiful in wilder planting schemes
Tulipa 'Double Maureen'
double late tulip bulbs
A particularly lovely double form
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fringed tulip bulbs
Delicately fringed flower petals
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triumph tulip bulbs
Deepest red, mid season flowers
Tulipa 'Rococo'
parrot tulip bulbs
Multi-coloured parrot tulip
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