Tulips

Here at BULBi we offer a wide variety of tulip bulbs that are specifically selected for the UK climate. Whether you're an experienced gardener or just starting out, we have the perfect tulip bulbs for you. With our high-quality bulbs, you can be sure that your garden will be bursting with colour in spring.

Our selection of tulip bulbs is carefully chosen from selected growers in Holland we have been working with for years. We offer a range of classic flower bulb varieties, as well as exclusive and new varieties, packaged in various package sizes suitable for gardens, borders, flower boxes, containers or pots.

Order easily from your home in the UK and enjoy our 100% guarantee on flowering. Interested in bulk quantities? Please take a look at our wholesale company Green Garden Flowerbulbs.

Order tulip bulbs for delivery in the UK

Our easy online ordering system and fast delivery service make it easy to receive your flower bulbs throughout the UK, and enjoy the beautiful flowers from early spring onwards. When ordering online, select the delivery week of your choice at the right planting time. Filter by category, colour, group, and flowering time for an organized overview. You will automatically receive an order confirmation via email. Before shipping, the bulbs are taken out of the conditioned rooms and professionally checked to ensure that they are fresh and of high quality.

Different types of tulips

We offer a wide range of tulip bulbs, including single-flowered, double-flowered, fringed, and parrot tulips. Each variety has its own unique characteristics, from the classic single-flowered tulip to the extravagant parrot tulip. No matter what your personal style or preference, we have the perfect tulip bulbs for you. Create dramatic colour combinations or plant in blocks of single varieties to create a bold colour impact. With a little careful choosing you can have tulips in flower from March to the end of May.

Single early tulips

Recognisable by the classic tulip shape. These tulips bloom early and have shorter, sturdy stems. As a result, these tulips can withstand quite a bit of wind. Single early tulips are good for planting in containers, borders and flowerbeds.

Single late tulips

Even later in spring you can still enjoy the classic tulip shape in many colours. Single late tulips have sturdy, long stems, which makes this tulip a good cut flower.

Triumph tulips

With large cone-shaped flowers, the Triumph tulip brightens up any garden. After opening, the shape changes to oval. The Triumph tulip was created by crossing early and late single-flowered tulips. These tulips have strong stems, making them perfect for the garden and as cut flowers.

Botanical tulips

The smallest tulips of its kind are botanical tulips. These tulips are quite different from the larger tulips, that's because they stay low with smaller flowers. The big advantage of these tulips is that you don't need to take them out of the ground, as these tulips are suitable for perennial flowering and naturalising. They can flower along the edge of a border or as low ground covers. Also suitable for in pots.

Darwin hybrid tulips

Darwin hybrid tulips are single-flowered tulips, with sturdy, long stems that can take a punch. These tulips develop large cup-shaped flowers and bloom in mid-season. Many of these varieties, under the right conditions, return the following year.

Double early tulips - Peony tulips

Double early tulips are suitable for a spot at the front of the border or in pots because of their slightly shorter stems. These early-flowering tulips have beautifully filled flowers and are therefore also called pioentulips.

Double late tulips - Peony tulips

Double late tulips are real eye-catchers in the garden with their well-filled flowers and long stems. The peony-flowered tulips bloom around May and provide prolonged flowering.

Fosteriana tulips 

A characteristic feature of Fosteriana tulips is their leaves, which are often a little grey-green. This gives a nice contrast to their brightly coloured large flowers. These early-flowering tulips vary in height and good results have been achieved for perennial flowering with this variety.

Fringed tulips

You can recognise these tulips by the beautiful serrated edge along the flower. Often this serrated edge is also in a different colour. These tulips are mid- to late-flowering and suitable as cut flowers.

Double fringed tulips

The double fringed tulips are very decorative because of the double flowers with a beautiful serrated edge. These tulips flower for a very long time and are suitable for both pots and the garden.

Parrot tulips

With fringed and twisted flowers, Parrot tulips, are true works of art in the garden. These tulips flower in late April/early May and as soon as the full sun shines on them, the petals open fully. Did you know that almost all Parrot tulips carry a hint of green in their petals?

Double Parrot tulips

Like single Parrot tulips, double Parrot tulips stand out for their beautifully fringed and twisted flowers. Only, the flowers of double Parrot tulips are just a bit more filled. Double Parrot tulips are long-flowering and give you garden an exclusive look.

Greigii tulips

Greigii tulips are part of Botanical tulips. With their short stems, these early-flowering varieties are great for containers and borders. Have you noticed that these tulips have striped leaves?

Kaufmanniana tulips

Low-growing tulips that are great for bedding and borders. Tulips from the kaufmanniana group are early-flowering and highly decorative due to their broad and spotted leaves. In sunlight, the petals open fully and the heart of the flower will surprise you!

Lily-flowered tulips

Petals curved like a French lily are characteristic of Lily-flowered tulips. The long elegant stems and pointed flowers add grace to your garden. These tulips love a sunny spot and look great in the garden as well as in containers.

Multi-flowering tulips

It really is possible, multiple flowers on one stem. These tulips instantly give your garden, border or container a filled look as they can produce as many as 2 to 5 flowers per stem. They look like mini bouquets! Multi-flowered tulips stand on long stems and bloom in April/May.

Viridiflora tulips

Viridiflora tulips can be recognised by the green flames that appear in the petals. Some tulips are almost completely green, while others have just a hint of green. The sturdy stems make this tulip a real asset to the garden. These tulips combine beautifully with green plants. They flower in April/May.

Planting tulip bulbs

Tulips bloom in spring and the bulbs can be planted in the fall, before the first frost kicks in. The tulip bulbs need a cold period in the soil to bloom. Planting tulip bulbs is easy and straightforward. Simply choose a sunny spot with well-draining soil, dig a hole that's about 3 times the height of the bulb, and place the bulb in the hole with the pointed end facing upwards. Cover the bulb with soil, water it well, and wait for it to bloom in the spring.

History of the tulip

The tulip is inextricably linked to the Netherlands. The Dutch climate is therefore excellent for the forcing and cultivation of tulips. Although we consider the tulip a typical Dutch flower, the tulip did not originally come from our country. The roots of the tulip lie in Turkey. The arrival of a cargo of tulip bulbs in Antwerp in 1562 marked the beginning of European tulip cultivation. The first documented specimens were planted by the Fleming Carolus Clusius in the Hortus botanicus in Leiden. He grew the bulbs to conduct research on them, but the tulip bulbs were not sold. However, after a break-in at the Hortus Botanicus, the tulip quickly spread throughout the Netherlands; the trade in tulip bulbs had begun. However, the prices asked for one tulip bulb were gigantic. Not only the tulip bulb itself, but shares in the bulb were traded. Often people received a piece of paper with their purchase stating that they were the owner. Eventually, the government intervened and normal cultivation and trade slowly developed.

Partner of Keukenhof

BULBi.co.uk is a proud partner of Keukenhof. Every year, we supply thousands of flower bulbs to the flower park in Lisse. Keukenhof, just like BULBi, is located in the Bulb Region and attracts more than a million visitors from all over the world every year.