Everyone is familiar with tulips in pots, and many of the bulbs we sell are well-suited for the purpose, but a strong prevailing wind may bend any top-heavy parrot tulips, even with support, while low-growing flowers will be lost to view in a pot at the end of a walkway. Dwarf tulips like Little Red Riding Hood work well in containers close to the house, in a rockery or at the front of any border. The Single Early types tend to grow up to 40 cm tall with sturdy stems, making them fairly weatherproof and more visible from a distance, especially when grown close together for moral support.

Tulips in a border look like jewels, and you don't need many to make an enormous impression; use Lily shapes, like Ballerina and the fringed Crystal Star or any of the opalescent Darwin varieties to glow in a border, while our Naturalising Collection is brilliant in lawns, verges or surrounding fruit trees in an orchard.

Crystal Star

Red Riding Hood