{"id":10604,"date":"2013-09-04T12:45:56","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T19:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10604"},"modified":"2013-09-01T02:01:09","modified_gmt":"2013-09-01T09:01:09","slug":"reasons-types-of-tulips-to-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/reasons-types-of-tulips-to-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn Buying Time for Tulips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post may be an excuse to show photos of some good looking Tulips or it may be a timely reminder to buy some new bulbs.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Blown Tulip by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4583707680\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Blown Tulip\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4033\/4583707680_1f7fa581cd.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Why Order and Plant Tulips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Best quality Tulips give the best display. Order early from a specialist or renown supplier.<\/li>\n<li>Tulips can supply that wild dash of <strong>colour<\/strong> in a spring garden or vase of flowers.<\/li>\n<li>Several Tulips have a <strong>scent<\/strong> that is worth cultivating.<\/li>\n<li>Botanic and species Tulips offer something <strong>a bit different<\/strong> in your gardem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Tip toe through the tulips by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/3549342838\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tip toe through the tulips\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3314\/3549342838_340eef0689.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A selection of tulips are available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=tulips\">Thompson &amp; Morgan<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Colour and Tulips<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first couple of photographs were selected because they start to show the range of colour available from the tulip family.<\/li>\n<li>Matched is better than a large variety of colours so I avoid mixtures.<\/li>\n<li>Swathes of one colour and variety will flower at the same time.<\/li>\n<li>Selecting two harmonising colours requires you to plan the varieties that will flower at the same time and height.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Tulip by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4622569704\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tulip\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4027\/4622569704_5f094447b3.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Scent and Tulips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Orange Tulips are said by John Hiorns to have the best scent and Ballerina and Veronique Sanson fit this bill.<\/li>\n<li>The magenta coloured Margarita is a double flowering quite early when scent is at a premium.<\/li>\n<li>The 10&#8243; high Peach Blossom has fine flowers with pink outer petals and a distinctive white eye and a scent to entrance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Tulip Shirley by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4622578970\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tulip Shirley\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4063\/4622578970_26b18eb501.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Different Tulips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>These Shirley Tulips are a nice bicolour.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/fringed-tulips-a-crispa-flower\/\">Fringed <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/growing-parott-tulips\/\">Parrot<\/a> tulips are popular if you want <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/what-flower-is-this-unusual-tulips\/\">something a bit different.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/grow-green-tulips\/\">Viridian<\/a> Tulips have\u00c2\u00a0 a stripe of green on the outer petals and look green when closed.<\/li>\n<li>Double Tulips are all the rage at the moment &#8211; Order some for your Autumn planting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Tulip by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4621968351\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tulip\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4034\/4621968351_c451c507ff.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"392\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>More Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cut Flower Tulip <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/varieties-of-tulips-for-cut-flowers\/\">varieties <\/a><\/p>\n<p>More Scented Tulip<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/scented-tulips-for-2009\/\"> varieties<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post may be an excuse to show photos of some good looking Tulips or it may be a timely reminder to buy some new bulbs. Why Order and Plant Tulips Best quality Tulips give the best display. Order early from a specialist or renown supplier. Tulips can supply that wild dash of colour in a spring garden or vase of flowers. Several Tulips have a scent that is worth cultivating. 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