Tulip 'El Niño'
Orders placed before 1 September 2024
You can expect your order in August/September
Orders placed 1 September - 15 October 2024
You can expect your order in September/October
Orders placed 16 October - 15 December 2024
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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Description
Spring will be spicy with the fiery flowers of Tulip 'El Niño'! Come rain or shine, you can count on this one to be a blaze of exotic warmth in late spring, illuminating your late-spring displays and being the bold contrast among cooler-coloured flowers like purple and blue. This late spark will ignite in May and put piquancy into your planting schemes, welcoming the start of summer with fresh flair and warm tones. The spirited single-late Tulip 'El Niño' offers an element of surprise too; each bloom is formed of elegantly pointed petals but no two flowers are the same, every petal is uniquely patterned with flame-like streaks in varying levels of red, yellow and orange.
Plant Tulip 'El Niño' in borders or pots in autumn and look forward to a big and bright show next spring. If your colour scheme is already on the fiery side, this tulip will happily fit to a hot planting scheme. Or, combine Tulip 'El Niño' with equally intense colours such as deep purple, blue, yellow and spots of magenta pink to create a ‘jewel’ planting scheme. As with all tulips, they’re very easy to grow and offer such a fantastic reward. You can achieve high impact, professional-looking display and really all it takes is to get your Tulip 'El Niño' bulbs planted in your garden in autumn.
Key features
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Good for cutting
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Perfect for pots
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Thrives well in full sun
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Packed in paper bags
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Low maintenance
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Fully hardy
Specs & details
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Botanical name
Tulipa 'El Niño'
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Tulip group
Single late (5)
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Flower colour
Yellow, pink, peach, salmon, orange
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Bulb size
12/+
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Established height
50-70cm
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Established spread
10-20cm
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Plant spacing
60 bulbs per m2
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Leaf colour
Green
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Habit
Upright
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Life cycle
Short-lived perennial
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Hardiness
Fully hardy
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Years to establish
1st year
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Sunlight
Full sun
Partial shade -
Position
Sheltered
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Suitable for
Pots
Large containers
Borders
Cottage gardens
Low maintenance gardens
Cut flower gardens -
Soil acidity
Any
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Soil moisture
Free draining
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Soil type
Loam
Sandy
Stony
Multipurpose compost
Loam-based compost -
Growing skill
Easy to grow
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Scented
No
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Pollinator-friendly
No
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Mouse resistant
No
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Rabbit resistant
No
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Deer resistant
No
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Toxicity
Harmful if eaten
Skin/eyes irritant
Plant calendar
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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- Planting
- Flowering
Useful information
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Plant your Tulip 'El Niño' bulbs from mid to late autumn
Plant in borders or containers in sun or partial shade
Plant your bulbs two to three times as deep as the bulb is high
Space the bulbs about twice the bulb diameter apart
Place the Tulip 'El Niño' bulbs with the pointed side facing upwards
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Orders placed before 1 September 2024
You can expect your order in September 2024Orders placed 1 September - 15 October 2024
You can expect your order in October 2024Orders placed 16 October - 15 December 2024
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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