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.
If peach-pink tones and lashings of luscious petals put you into a flower frenzy, you'll adore Tulip 'Pink Star'. The colour, flower shape and overall outstanding beauty of this peony-flowered tulip is almost indescribable. Each bloom, a multi-layer ensemble of wavy petals, has well and truly mastered the two-tone look with a colour collab of rosy pink and coppery-apricot which is just so easy on the eye. Tulip 'Pink Star' is a late-flowering variety, just wait with excitement until late April/early May and see this star shine!
Grow in pots or borders and cultivate some sheer petal perfection of your very own—plant Tulip 'Pink Star' bulbs this autumn and you can look forward to these jaw-dropping blooms appearing next spring. Short, sturdy stems and long-lasting, slowly unravelling blooms makes this a good choice for planting in groups towards the front of a border, in patio pots and of course for use as cut flowers. Flowering late, this is one fabulous crescendo to end the season on a high note.
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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 'Pink Star'
- Tulip group
- Double late (11)
- Flower colour
- Peach, pink
- 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
- RHS Award (AGM)
- Yes
- Scented
- Yes
- 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
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