Tulips Miniature Red/White

Upright tulips in remarkable shades of bright red and pure white.

This variety looks spectacular when planted in groups, particularly in patio pots, window boxes, or borders in front of taller spring beauties. They are also ideal cut flowers for brightening up any home, and as miniature varieties they have the advantage of being less affected by high winds than their taller cousins.

Tulips are so easy to grow and care for and can be left in the ground after flowering as long as they’re well-drained, where they will gradually naturalise and spread, giving you more and more flowers year after year.

Supplied as 30 bulbs, size 7/8, ready to plant in autumn, growing to a height of 25cm and width of 10cm.

Top Tips

Add mycorrhizal fungi to the roots before planting to encourage faster and more reliable establishment.

Care Guide

Planting Advice for your Tulip Bulbs

• Plant bulbs at twice the depth of the height of the bulb and four times their width apart. e.g. 5cm tall bulbs need to be planted 10cm below the surface of the ground and 20cm apart.
• Please check the bag for any additional planting instructions.
• They are fine to plant even if a little green growth is showing, they?ll just need a good watering when you plant them, and then only when the soil is dry.
• Leave them in the ground once they die back for flowers again next year.
• While all the energy that a bulb needs in order to grow is stored in the bulb itself, they will do better if you feed them when in active green growth.
• Plant in herbaceous borders, in pots, or leave in the ground to naturalise.
• If planted in pots be sure to water frequently and keep moist.

Aftercare Advice

• Tulips can be planted as late as November, but it?s best to get your bulbs in the ground so that they can establish a good root system before the weather becomes too cold.
• Plant in herbaceous borders, in pots, or leave in the ground to naturalise.
• Water frequently and if in pots ensure that the compost doesn’t dry out.

Tidying your Tulips

• Once flowering is over, it is important to leave the leaves on your tulips until they have died right down, usually by early summer. This allows the bulb to store food and produce flowers the following year.
• While it is recommended that bulbs are dug up and dried in the summer sun, modern thought is that there is no real benefit from doing this and many gardeners now leave bulbs where they are.