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Common name Tulip

Botanical name Tulipa hybrida

How to tell it’s good quality..

Choose well coloured buds and flowers that are partly open

Look for strong stems and glossy leaves with no signs of damage or yellowing

Avoid drooping or wilting leaves or flowers

Products or arrangements it’s suitable for, stem length..

Stem length 30cm–80cm

Mostly suitable in vases but can be used in foam

Conditioning, care and storage needs..

Split the bunches and strip the lower leaves, then wash the ends of the stems well

Cut 2cm–4cm from each stem with secateurs and put the stems in cold water with NO preservative

Replace the water daily

Keep them cool

It is suggested not to bucket them with daffodils or jonquils unless you have had the daffodils or jonquils quarantined in their own water for a day first

To prevent tulips turning to the light and becoming bent, wrap them in paper for support and put the wrapped paper and tulips in cold water for 3–5 hours.  Once displayed in a vase they work beautifully in a well lit room with windows on both sides of the room.

Colours they come in..

White, red, yellow, cream, purple, orange, pinks. See images below

Country or state, climate and conditions where it grows naturally; and its natural season..

Originally from the Middle East, but most popular for being grown in the Netherlands

Natural season is spring

Time/s of year when it’s available to us, where it comes from, lead time for ordering it

Available all year round from growers in Victoria and Tasmania who use cooled glasshouses to force flowering

Grown as field flowers in Victoria and Tasmania for natural winter to spring flowering

To see Tulips in all their splendour in Melbourne Victoria Australia be sure to put the Tesselaar Tulip Festival in your Calendar Sept 11 – Oct 11

For Floristry tips, advice and video instruction download the Bloom College app from the app store or google play