Details
- Supplied As
- Bulbs
- Bulb Size
- 12/+ cm
- Flowering Height
- 45 cm
- Flowering Time
- March
- April
- RHS Recommended
- Award of Garden Merit
- Colour
- Whites & Creams
- Planting Time
- October
- November
- Growing
- Hardy
Fosteriana Tulip Purissima
T1126
The epitome of sheer sophistication, Fosteriana ‘Purissima’ is one of the first tulips to bloom, launching your spring display in style. Architectural, stately stems carry sizeable, cup-shaped, milk white flowers. The alabaster blooms make an elegant highlight in borders and containers when planted in plenteous swathes and groupings.
Elongated, sturdy stems make for excellent cut flowers as a luminous adornment to your home. Highly praised as one of the best white tulips and much loved by gardeners, the RHS has presented tulip ‘Purissima’ with the prestigious Award of Garden Merit. This Fosteriana variety is a robust perennial and will reappear serenely each spring.
Care Guide
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Three Colour Mix
T1135
A mesmerising spectacle, the Fosteriana Tulip 'Three Colour Mix' combines golden, white, and orange tulips in a stunning display of harmony and contrast. These emperor tulips, with stately blooms, create a vibrant mosaic which enlivens any garden space.
The mix offers a dynamic visual experience, each tulip colour enhancing the beauty of the others. Together, they form a captivating tapestry of hues, celebrating the diversity and richness of springtime blooms.
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Two Tone Mix
T1811
Paeony Flowering Tulip ‘Two-Tone Mixture’ combines the rich colours of tulip ‘Yellow Pomponette’ and tulip ‘Sun Lover’ to create a vibrant late-spring display full of warmth and texture. The full peony-like blooms bring glowing shades of yellow, orange, and golden apricot to borders, patio pots, and seasonal planting schemes, creating a lively and luxurious garden effect.
Flowering on sturdy stems through late spring, this beautifully balanced mixture offers long-lasting colour and dramatic floral form.
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Pallidiflora
M5429
Stems of silky, creamy-yellow hanging bells rise up during April on Fritillaria Pallidiflora, for a chic and bountiful display in spring borders and containers. Bluish-green foliage is slender and lance-shaped, subtly complementing the flowers.
The award-winning Siberian Fritillaria Pallidiflora has been granted a prestigious Award of Garden Merit from the RHS for garden excellence and beauty.
Bulbs thrive light shade, in moist, well-drained soil which is rich in organic matter. Plant in a sheltered position, where you will enjoy the exquisite beauty of the buttery-yellow blooms and their delicate red markings.
Suitable for wildlife-friendly, cottage gardens, rockeries and spring pot displays.
