"Big Love" tulip is a new variety whose petals take on a charming pink colour with a hint of purple. This incredible Darwin hybrid produces magnificent elliptic flowers with a narrowing tops that strike with their ornamental value. The inside of those blooms hides a white-yellow bottom and dark anthers. The stiff, strong stems guarantee noble appearance and resistance to unfavourable weather. Huge flowers of this variety sparkle in the sun and add a cheerful note to spring borders and pot arrangements. The uniqueness of this variety is additionally underscored by beautiful reddish stems and greyish leaves. "Big Love" tulip look great both in the garden and in vases. This excellent variety will bloom abundantly for many years.

Tulips do not belong to flowering plants that require any special growing conditions. You only need to learn and follow some basic rules in order to enjoy the flowering plants. The plants in question are rather undemanding in regard to the soil, provided it is not to moist and not to loamy. Tulips prefer soft, fertile, properly cultivated and fertilized soils. The compost proves to be the most effective tulip food, as the plants will pay you back for it with large flowers. Should a site not meet tulip expectations, you may try to improve the soil. Loosen heavy soils with an admixture of sand and enhance the sandy ones with humus and compost. Tulips require sunlight, but a few hours of shade per day will not hurt them. The water requirements of tulips are considered moderate. Do not let the soil, in which they grow, dry out though. Start fertilizing tulips when their shoots reach a height of about 5 cm. This moment usually falls on March. Apply nitrogen-rich agents, because plants will use this element as a building block.

Tulip bulbs must be planted in autumn only, when the soil temperature drops to 10 to 12°C. Make sure during planting that the planting depth equals two times the height of a bulb - usually it is from 8 to 15 cm. Pour some sand, then compost and high quality soil into the hole before putting the bulb in. Place the bulb tip up, cover with soil, press it gently and water. We recommend to spread some mulch over the planting site before the winter. It will protect the bulbs from the frost and limit weed development and drying of the soil. This treatment is not absolutely necessary, yet highly recommended. Tulips may grow 3 to 4 years on the same site. After that time we recommend to dig the bulbs out, divide them and transfer to another place. This cultivation method ensures that the vigorous healthy plants will bloom exuberantly.

Each package contains 5 bulbs of the "Big Love" tulip. Basic plant information and growing tips were printed on the label.