Details
- Supplied As
- Bulbs
- Bulb Size
- 12/+ cm
- Flowering Height
- 35 cm
- Flowering Time
- May
- RHS Recommended
- Award of Garden Merit
- Colour
- Oranges & Yellows
- Planting Time
- October
- November
- Growing
- Hardy
- Perfect For
- Cutting
May Flowering Tulip Fairline
T1670
May Flowering Tulip ‘Fairline’ is an elegant blend of soft lilac and white tones, each bloom appearing like a gentle brushstroke across the late spring garden. The refined colouring of tulip ‘Fairline’ brings a calm and understated beauty to borders, containers, and seasonal planting schemes, flowering gracefully through May.
There are no gaudy colours or exaggerated forms here — just reliable, well-bred elegance with a beautifully consistent habit. Planted in rows, it creates a sense of uniform calm, while mixed among other tulips it adds subtle contrast and softness to the garden.
Care Guide
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Fortune
N0158
A delicate-looking, Heirloom Daffodil – Narcissus ‘Fortune’ opens its buds in March to reveal buttery yellow, paper-thin petals and a glowing marmalade trumpet. A favourite for naturalising in open grassy areas and orchards, reliably returning every March. Scatter the bulbs in a random pattern and plant where they fall to create a natural drift of spring colour.
Large Cupped Narcissi ‘Fortune’ can also be forced in pots for a ray of indoor sunshine.
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Purple Pride
T1571
The velvety violet blooms of Darwin Tulip 'Purple Pride’ will make a majestic addition to your spring display, adding its rich, saturated hues to borders and containers. This is the first Darwin Hybrid to be successfully bred with purple petals, providing an additional colour option for your planting schemes.
Tulip ‘Purple Pride’ also shares the exceptional qualities of the other darwinii tulips – monumental flower heads are carried on mighty stems, held upright with a regal bearing. Create single-colour drifts for striking impact or try clever colour combinations of tonal pinks or contrasting oranges to make the most of this impressive new arrival.
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Uncle Tom
T1823
With petals the colour of deep red-wine, in countless overlapping layers, the velvety double-blooms of tulip ‘Uncle Tom’ are a joy to behold when they flower in late spring.
This sumptuous paeony-flowering tulip is excellent for tasteful spring pot displays, holding onto classy looks and rich hues as it blooms for weeks.
Paeony Flowering Tulip ‘Uncle Tom’ looks as stunning planted by itself as it does mixed with complimentary gemstone colours. Combine with opulent violet tulip ‘Blue Diamond’ and elegant lily-flowering ‘Merlot’ for a luxuriant textural display.
