Tulips are for me like a box of jewels, hidden away until spring sun and rain coax them up, then bursting into color throughout the garden. As a professional gardener, I plant tulip bulbs every year.

One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include lenten rose, peony, redbud, azalea, elephant ear, lantana, coneflower, savory calamint and rudbeckia. Tulips have ...

Last spring I was lucky enough to visit gardens in Holland and north Germany and take part in a master class on how to combine different types of tulips. This inspiring trip reinforced my belief that ...

Tulips are susceptible to a fungal disease called tulip fire (Botrytis tulipae), so they should be planted after the end of October once temperatures fall. But if you missed your chance this year, ...

Thank heaven for the tulip, particularly those that flower in the second half of April and May, for they lift the garden when the spring flowers have almost faded and the summer ones are still waiting ...

Our tulips are looking fan-blooming-tastic. I shouldn't boast, but they do. The colours work well together and, thanks to the chilly spring, they're lasting remarkably well. The first opened in March, ...