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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Tulip
'Nachtwacht'
Gaze in wonder as these sumptuous dark peony-flowered tulips unfurl each spring, Tulip 'Nachtwacht' (or Night Watch) heavily-petalled flowers catching the dew each morning which glistens like stars in the night sky! Tulip 'Nachtwacht' thanks it name to the world famous painting of Rembrandt which you can adore in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Call us in the spring and we will show you the double-flowering Tulip Nachtwacht – a true piece of art – in our exhibition garden at Keukenhof Gardens.
Opening from tightly-packed buds, they emerge slowly, providing a long season of interest as they do. The blooms are rounded like pompons, heralded by the stately stems which reach up to 60cm tall. These versatile beauties sit well in any kind of planting scheme, with their upright structure and dark colour adding contrast to mixed borders, containers or shrubberies. Plant Tulip 'Nachtwacht' in large swathes running through the border among other flowering plants for a classic cottage-style look, or dot them through shrubberies or among architectural plants to provide that important streak of early-season excitement in contemporary gardens.
Tulips do well in most sunny locations, but can also tolerate light shade. Flowering in late spring, they provide that all important hit of colour that bridges the gap between spring and summer. With long, straight stems, they make wonderful cut flowers too. Heavily clustered varieties, such as Tulip ‘Nachtwacht’ (Night Watch), open slowly which gives them a particularly good vase life.
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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 'Nachtwacht'
- Tulip group
- Double early (2)
- Flower colour
- Red, purple
- Bulb size
- 12/+
- Established height
- 30-50cm
- 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
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Skin/eyes irritant
Harmful if eaten - Years to establish
- 1st year
Good for cutting
Perfect for pots
Thrives in full sun
Fully hardy
Packed in paper
Low maintenance
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