Plant tulip bulbs from October to mid-December, once the weather has cooled. Until then, store them somewhere cool, dry and safely away from mice and squirrels.
Create a kaleidoscopic effect of colour in your garden by choosing mixed colour collections by planting the ideal mix of double flowering tulips, also know as peony tulips. They will keep you entranced as you walk through it in late spring. You’ll see different colours splitting off, or blending subtly with their neighbours as your mixed colour tulip bulbs start blooming. From every angle the effect will be different, the colours creating new patterns like those that appear in a kaleidoscope as you twist it. Enjoy the changing hues of the mixed colours while admiring the way these large double tulips open from buds into large soft multi-petalled blooms that bear a strong resemblance to peonies.
Mixed colour collections provide you with pre-selected colours for an artwork that will paint itself in your garden come spring. As the double tulips open their multiple petals to the spring sun, forming flowers that can reach widths of 10–15cm, the true beauty and soft textures of the living landscape will emerge.
We always use the best quality bulbs for this collection which means that the varieties we choose to create this look may differ from year to year. The varieties used in this collection may not be the same as the varieties pictured, and there will be a slight variation in colours.
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Choose full sun or partial shade. Improve heavy soil with organic matter and horticultural grit. For containers, use peat-free multipurpose compost with good drainage.
Plant bulbs pointed side upwards, 15–20cm deep and around 10cm apart. You can leave a little more space between them in borders.
Water once after planting to settle the soil. Border-grown tulips rarely need further watering, but containers should be kept lightly moist and never waterlogged.
Remove faded flowers, then allow the foliage to yellow and die back naturally. This helps the bulbs store energy for the following year.
- Botanical name
- Tulipa 'Double Mixed'
- Tulip group
- Double late (11)
- Flower colour
- Pink, yellow, orange, red, white
- Bulb size
- 12/+
- Established height
- 50-70cm
- Established spread
- 10-20cm
- Growing skill
- Easy to grow
- Habit
- Upright
- Hardiness
- Fully hardy
- Leaf colour
- Green
- Mouse resistant
- No
- Plant spacing
- 60 bulbs per m2
- Pollinator friendly
- No
- Position
- Sheltered
- Rabbit resistant
- No
- Scented
- No
- Soil acidity
- Any
- Soil moisture
- Free draining
- Soil type
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Loam
Sandy
Stony
Multipurpose compost
Loam-based compost - Suitable for
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Pots
Large containers
Borders
Cottage gardens
Low maintenance gardens
Cut flower gardens - Sunlight
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Full sun
Partial shade - Toxicity
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Harmful if eaten
Skin/eyes irritant - Years to establish
- 1st year
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