Plant tulip bulbs from October to mid-December, once the weather has cooled. Until then, store them somewhere cool, dry and safely away from mice and squirrels.
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Fashion your own ice cream parlour display with this this tempting collection of colourful ice cream tulips. Comprising three tulip varieties, 'Ice Cream', 'Ice Cream Banana' and 'Ice Cream Strawberry', you can sweeten your spring by planting a novel outdoor planting scheme in pots or borders. 'Ice Cream' tulips are loved for their generous stack of petals which overflow like a scoop of ice cream above the outer petals, which are a feature in themselves with splashes of bright red and pink like a drizzle of strawberry sauce!
Unfurling all those petals gradually over a long time, Tulip collection 'Sorbetto' treats you to a long-lasting show of blooms from April into May. The stems are short and stocky, making this a good choice for your smaller patio pots or in gardens which are exposed. This collection creates the perfect planting combination all on its own, but if you want to add an extra twist of colour, try intermingling some Muscari 'Grape Ice'!
Each 'Sorbetto' tulip collection package contains:
- 3 x Tulip 'Ice Cream'
- 2 x Tulip 'Ice Cream Banana'
- 1 x Tulip 'Ice Cream Strawberry'
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Choose full sun or partial shade. Improve heavy soil with organic matter and horticultural grit. For containers, use peat-free multipurpose compost with good drainage.
Plant bulbs pointed side upwards, 15–20cm deep and around 10cm apart. You can leave a little more space between them in borders.
Water once after planting to settle the soil. Border-grown tulips rarely need further watering, but containers should be kept lightly moist and never waterlogged.
Remove faded flowers, then allow the foliage to yellow and die back naturally. This helps the bulbs store energy for the following year.
- Botanical name
- Tulipa collection 'Sorbetto'
- Tulip group
- Double late (11)
- Flower colour
- Red, white, yellow
- Bulb size
- 12/+
- Established height
- 20-30cm
- Established spread
- 10-20cm
- Growing skill
- Easy to grow
- Habit
- Upright
- Hardiness
- Fully hardy
- Leaf colour
- Green
- Mouse resistant
- No
- Plant spacing
- 60 bulbs per m2
- Pollinator friendly
- No
- Position
- Sheltered
- Rabbit resistant
- No
- Scented
- No
- Soil acidity
- Any
- Soil moisture
- Free draining
- Soil type
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Loam
Sandy
Stony
Multipurpose compost
Loam-based compost - Suitable for
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Pots
Large containers
Borders
Gravel gardens
Cottage gardens
Low maintenance gardens
Cut flower gardens - Sunlight
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Full sun
Partial shade - Toxicity
-
Skin/eyes irritant
Harmful if eaten - Years to establish
- 1st year
Good for cutting
Perfect for pots
Fully hardy
Packed in paper
Low maintenance
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