Akebono
Clotted cream light yellow fading to cream with green stripes and red accents. From Japan with Darwin parentage, very reliable
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (May)
Height: to 20in 55cm+
Amazing Grace
Fully double pink with lavender tones, and green flashes, darkening with age
Bulb Size: 12/+
Flowering: late April/May
Height: to 18in /45cm
Amazing Parrot
Parrot tulip
Truly amazing, long-lasting and weather resistant in bright tones of pink and orange
Bulb Size: 12/+
Flowering: April May
Height: to 24in (60cm)
Angelique
Soft pale-pink, double flowers with ruffled petals, paler highlights and flushed deeper, with yellow or green at the base.
Bulb Size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (May)
Height: 45cm
Position: For heavy headed tulips, avoid really windy sites
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Antoinette
A ‘Chameleon’ tulip, changing colour as the season progresses. Starting yellow with raspberry pink flames progressing to pale-yellow white with pink flames and feathers
Bulb Size: 12/+
Flowering: Late (May)
Height: 20in (50cm)
Antraceit
Fully double, magenta-crimson with a satin sheen.
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (May)
Height: 45cm+
Apricot Parrot
Large frilled petals of apricot-orange with pink feathers and white and green flames
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (May)
Height: 20in (50cm)
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Artist
Gold-Orange edge fading to pink with strong green flames.
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: April- May
Height: to 14in (35cm)
Avignon
Large goblet flower of spinel-red with fire engine-red edges, a tomato-red interior and a sunny yellow base. A sport of Renown.
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (May)
Height: to 65cm
Position: Mixes well with Dordogne and or Menton
Ballerina
Well-formed with marigold-orange flowers, flushed yellow at the base and with blood-red flaming. Pale golden yellow anthers. Sweetly scented.
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (April May)
Height: 55cm
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Black Hero
Tall, with glossy flowers of dark burgundy maroon. A double Queen of Night
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (April May)
Height: 60cm
Black Parrot
Deep purple-maroon, almost black, flowers with finely-cut petal edges.
Bulb Size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (April May)
Height: 50cm
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Blue Diamond
Big rich reddish purple fully double flowers, on strong stems
Bulb Size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (May)
Height: 40cm
Blushing Beauty
Tall with strongly waisted flowers in cream-yellow with a strong pink flame
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: May
Height: to 24in / 60cm
Campbell
A double form of the popular scented lily tulip Ballerina. Orange with some green flashes
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: April
Height: to 24in / 60cm
Copper Image
Changing from burnt to a copper orange as the season progresses
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late (May)
Height: to 14in (35cm)
Dior
Fully double, dark-rose-pink with a satin sheen.
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (May)
Height: 16in 40cm
Doll's Minuet
Lily form with deep rose-red flowers with a dark green flame
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Mid - late spring (May)
Height: 55cm
Dordogne
Large soft tangerine orange flowers with the same pink flame as Menton.
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (May)
Height: to 65cm
Position: Combine with Menton and/or Avignon
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Double Surprise
Multiheaded Double Late Tulip
‘A bunch of tulips on a single stem’. The standout variety at Keukenhof this year. Fully double, outside darker pink and green, with softer pink fading white centres
Bulb Size: 12/+
Flowering: Late (May)
Height: 18in (45cm)
Elegant Lady
Buttercream with a lavender blush edge, darkening with age.
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: May
Height: to 22in / 55cm
Estella Rijnveld
Large frilled petals of white heavily flamed raspberry red, borne on strong stems.
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (May)
Height: 50cm May.
Fireworks
Bright yellow with vivid red flames in a classic lily tulip shape
Bulb Size: 12/+
Flowering: Late (May)
Height: to 16in (40cm)
Green Star
Wild pointed petalled white with yellow highlighted green flames
Bulb Size: 12/+
Flowering: Late (May)
Height: 50cm/20”
Green Wave
White with strong green flame and pink feathers
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late (May)
Height: 55cm/22”
Greenland
Old rose-pink with a white edged green central stripe and with an iridescent sheen.
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (April- May)
Height: 35cm
Honeymoon
Pure white with delicate pure white fringing.
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: May
Height: to 20in / 50cm
Istanbul
Classically Ottoman shaped bright red with a bright-yellow base
Bulb Size: 12/+
Flowering: Late (May)
Height: to 18in (45cm)
Kingsblood
Large cherry red, scarlet edged flowers on strong stems
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (April- May)
Height: 55cm
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Lasting Love
A shiny sumptuous very dark red.with other red tones
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (May)
Height: 50cm
Position: A strong statement on its own or scattered throughout the border.
Lilyrosa
Bright pink (a good substitute for China Pink – now out of cultivation)
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (May)
Height: 20in (50cm)
Louvre
Violet-purple with a paler edge and fringes, and a blue-purple base
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: late April /May
Height: to 20in (50cm)
Maja
Soft and buttery primrose yellow petals and fringe
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: May
Height: to 20in (50cm)
Mariette
Robust lipstick pink with a white base, fabulous in combination with ‘Marilyn’
Bulb Size: 12/+.
Flowering: Late spring (April- May)
Height: 45cm.
Marilyn
A lovely lily form with vivid rose flaming on both sides of the white petals. A sport of Mariette
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Mid spring (April May)
Height: 55cm
Marriage
New soft pink fully double with a rose form on dark stems (a great replacement for Angelique that is getting difficult to grow).
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (May)
Height: 16in (40cm)
Maureen
The classic shapely late tulip. Marble white flushed cream on tall stems. Great for cutting
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (April- May)
Height: 60cm
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Menton
Very tall goblet shaped rose flowers edged warm orange to pink.
Great for cutting
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (April- May)
Height: 60m+
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Mount Tacoma
Large, double, pure white flowers, with occasional green shading on the outside, produced in May. Sturdy growth habit and long lasting flowers.
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (May)
Height: 45cm
Orange Marmalade
Beautiful orange flowers with long, green flushed petals
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: April- May
Height: to 18in (45cm)
Orange Princess
Shorter growing, rounded, bowl-shaped, double flowers of orange, flamed with purple and green on dark stems. A double sport from Prinses Irene.
Bulb Size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (May)
Height: 14in 35cm.
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Pieter de Leur
A classically shaped bright red lily tulip with a white base.
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: May
Height: to 20in (50cm)
Pink Star
Opening magenta-rose with paler, feathered petal edges and yellow-apricot accents softening as it matures to an increasingly large flower
Bulb Size: 12/+.
Flowering: Late April
Height: 45cm
Purple Elegance
‘A bunch of 3-4 tulips on a single stem’
Purple with a white edge
Bulb Size: 11/12
Flowering: April-May
Height: 18in (45cm)
Purple Dream
Substantial lavender purple flowers
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (April- May)
Height: 50cm+
Purple Heart
Stylish single lavender mauve flowers darkening with age on tall stems.
Bulb Size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (May)
Height: 16in 40cm
Queen of Night
Deservedly very popular "black" tulip with extremely dark brownish-maroon red flowers and a satin sheen
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (May)
Height: 60m+
Queensday
Lovely fully double orange shades with green flecks
Bulb Size: 12/+
Flowering: Late (May)
Height: to 20in (50cm)
Raven
A shiny sumptuous very dark red, with other red tones
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: April / May
Height: to 18in / 45cm
Ridgedale
Changeling with fully double coppery-pink flowers
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: April-May
Height: to 14in /35cm
Secret Parrot
Deep purple-red with purple feathers and finely-cut petal edges
Bulb Size: 12/+
Flowering: April May
Height: to 16in (40cm)
Shirley Double
Semi-double ivory white with delicate lilac edging and feathers that increase and intensifiy with age
Bulb Size: 12/+
Flowering: late April/May
Height: 18in / 45cm
Spring Green
The classic cottage garden tulip. A good foil for many other varieties.
Ivory white with green feathering, a very striking colour form
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (May)
Height: 50cm
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Sunlover
Big double blooms that are a breathtaking combination of rich golden-yellow and orange with delicate scarlet-red markings. A star of the Keukenhof in 2014
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (April - May)
Height: 40cm
Sunset Miami
Glowing pink, rose and apricot and fringed in gold on strong stems. A real stand-out in the pots or borders.
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late April / May
Height: from 18in / 45m
Vendee Globe
Unique burnt orange and yellow blend with red flecks
Bulb Size: 12/+
Flowering: Late (May)
Height: to 18in (45cm)
Virichic
Pink with green flames, darkening with age
Bulb Size: 12/+
Flowering: Late (May)
Height: 35cm/14”
West Point
Beautiful deep primrose yellow flowers with recurved petals. Fragrant.
Bulb Size: 11/12
Flowering: Late spring (May)
Height: 50cm
White Triumphator
The classic white tall lily-flowered tulip with well shaped white flowers. Strong, healthy growth habit.
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: Late spring (May)
Height: 60cm
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Wyndham
Double Late ‘Paeony’ tulip
Scented. Fully double flowers of claret with a broad white edge
Bulb size: 12/+
Flowering: April May
Height: to 18in (45cm)