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.
'One Direction'
Create an unusual yet elegant display with Tulip 'One Direction'. These classically shaped tulips come in the delicious colours of a vanilla and raspberry ripple ice-cream. Each one is its own unique confection, as if drizzled, striped and dotted individually with syrup at the ice-cream parlour. Alone, each one is interesting and unique; together, they make a harmonious and mouthwatering display!
The single cups of Tulip 'One Direction' in creamy-white flecked and lined in raspberry red add the perfect note of freshness to spring-time displays. Belonging to the trusty Triumph group, these tulips flower enthusiastically on strong stems in mid spring. Being relatively compact, at about 40cm in height, Tulip 'One Direction' don’t overwhelm other dainty springtime flowers, and are well suited to growing in pots or towards the front of borders—just make sure you group lots together so that you can marvel at both their collective differences and their wonderful individuality! They make for a classic tulip with a twist of originality.
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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 'One Direction'
- Tulip group
- Triumph (3)
- Flower colour
- White, red
- Bulb size
- 11/12
- 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
Cottage gardens
Low maintenance gardens
Cut flower gardens - Sunlight
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Full sun
Partial shade - Toxicity
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Harmful if eaten
Skin/eyes irritant - Years to establish
- 1st year
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