Polianthes Tuberosa ‘The Pearl’

Fill your summer garden with the gorgeous blooms and sweet fragrance of Polianthes. Commonly known as Tuberoses, ‘The Pearl’ is a beautiful variety that produces, elegant creamy-white double blooms on top of tall stems, making them stand out amongst your other summer blooms. They also make superb cut flowers, so you can enjoy their strong fragrance inside the home as well as in your favourite spot in the garden. Perfect for panting in pots and containers, and once they have flowered in august, September and October, remove this part of the bulbs and bring them inside to protect them from the frost. Delivered as 10 bulbs, ready to plant indoors from February to April and move outdoors in May.

Top Tips

Tuberose thrives in hot afternoon sun but remember to keep the soil consistently moist before and during flowering to ensure the best blooms.

Care Guide

• Your Tuberose will grow best in fertile, free-draining soil, so dig in plenty of organic matter before planting.
• Plant tuberose bulbs in spring when all danger of frost is past. Place the tubers 5-10cm (2 – 4 in) deep in well-draining soil in a sunny spot.
• If planting up into a pot, choose one with a wide, stable base as flower stems can reach up to 1m and you don’t want it toppling over! Good drainage is absolutely essential, so ensure that the pot has generous drainage holes.
• During the growing season, keep plants well-watered.
• Plants are not hardy, so in order to overwinter tuberose for next spring, you will need to lift the tubers if you have grown them in the border.
• Wait until the foliage has yellowed and died down and then, after digging them up, remove excess soil, cut off the dead leaves, and leave them air dry for a week or two before storing in a frost-free place.
• If grown in pots, dry them at the end of summer when leaves begin to die down, overwinter in a frost-free place and then recommence watering and feeding in spring.