You don't have to travel to Holland to enjoy a sea of tulip blossoms. With a little skill you can create a motley carpet of flowers as far as the eye can see. This selection introduces you to recommended tulips for naturalising.
Wild tulips are often smaller than cultivated varieties but by no means less beautiful
Wild Tulips - The number one choice for naturalizing
Their wild character qualifies wild tulips in particular to create a picturesque sea of blossoms with them over time. If the following species remain undisturbed in the garden, they diligently multiply via bulbs and seeds:
- Water lily tulip (Tulipa kaufmanniana): flowering period from March to April - growth height 20-25 cm
- Lady's Tulip (Tulipa clusiana): flowering time in April - growth height 20-25 cm
- Dwarf Tulips (Tulipa batalinii and Tulipa humilis): flowering period from April to May - growth height 10-15 cm
- Fosteriana tulip (Tulipa fosteriana): flowering time in April - growth height 35-40 cm
- Dwarf Star Tulip (Tulipa tarda): flowering period from April to May - growth height 15 cm
If tulips thrive in a meadow or lawn, a little patience is required at the end of the flowering period. Only mow the area when the leaves are completely drawn in. If the storage of nutrients is interrupted prematurely, the flowers will lack the strength to continue naturalizing to the extent hoped for next year.
Temperamental noble varieties for naturalising
The following tulip beauties combine elegance with vitality. If you give these varieties free rein to grow, they spread like wildfire:
- Lily-flowered tulips: 'Marietta', 'Marylin', 'Purple Dream', 'China Pink', 'White Triumphator': flowering time in May - growth height 50 cm
- Darwin Tulips: 'Olympic Flame', 'Pink Impression', 'Pinkerbells', 'Short Wave': flowering time in May - growth height 40 cm
- Triumph Tulips: 'Happy Generation', 'Ile de France', 'Shirley': flowering period from April to May - growth height 40-50 cm
On the other hand, long-stemmed noble varieties and highly cultivated hybrids with fringed, flamed flowers find it difficult to go wild. These primarily include parrot tulips, viridiflora tulips and late-flowering varieties that only take our breath away with their beauty for a short time.
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Group tulips with other bulb flowers to compose a spring-fresh floral symphony. Suitable plant neighbors for naturalizing are snowdrops, crocuses, squills, winterlings, bluebells and daffodils.