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The tulip is a stalwart of the late-spring garden. There are hundreds to choose from, including traditional, single cup-shaped varieties, double-flowered cultivars and those with elegant, goblet-shaped flowers. Tulips grow best in fertile, well-drained soil in full sun. However, they don’t always come back the following year and are therefore often best treated as annuals.
Tulipa ‘Uncle Tom’, is a peony-flowered tulip, bearing large, heavy double flowers on thick stems. The flowers emerge a dark red but mature to purple. For best results grow Tulipa ‘Uncle Tom’ in well-drained soil in full sun. Allow foliage to fully die down after flowering.
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Tulipa ‘Uncle tom’ and wildlife
Tulipa ‘Uncle tom’ has no particular known value to wildlife in the UK.
