Fosteriana tulips, also known as Emperor tulips, are one of the earliest and most striking tulips to bloom in spring. Fosteriana tulips are known for their ease of growing and naturalising, creating a fantastic display year after year.
One of the best long lasting tulips are the fosteriana tulips, but only if planted in a sunny position where they can be baked by the sun during summer. They are early flowering and thus benefit from a longer growing season. Being of only average height they boast some of the largest and most striking flowers of all tulips, and are the chief parent of the Darwin tulips.
What to plant with them
Winter flowering pansies are ideal to add colour to a small bed, flowering from autumn through to spring. Planted 20cm apart they will produce a dazzling carpet of colour, and are most effective in the spring when planted with the fosteriana tulips, also known as emperor tulips.
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The bulbs supplied by Bloms cost the most, gave the most flowers (26), were of top quality and had the potential of doubling themselves next year. The trials indicated that you get what you pay for.
