The Playgirl tulip will effectively colour the flower beds in spring. Its classically shaped cups are bicolour. Their white petals are surrounded by fuchsia pink edges. The developing flowers maintain distinct colour separation, but as they unfold the white part shrinks. The characteristic dark edging spreads over the white background with thin lines and dots that look like painted with a brush. This cheerful pattern will bring life and expel boredom from every garden arrangement. The fresh green colour of the foliage beautifully underscores the flower colour. A black eye complements the picture at the bottom of the calyx. The Playgirl variety dazzles with its cheerful, bright colouring that allows it to contrast with other plants and a single colour wall. This tulip grows during the typical April and May tulip blooming period and tremendously plays its decorative role. The vertical, 40 to 50 cm long stems can be cut, so the tulips can be also admired in a vase.

Tulips do not belong to flowering plants that require any special growing conditions. You only need to follow some basic rules in order to enjoy flowers grown on your own. 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 can be planted in autumn only, when the soil temperature reaches 10 to 12⁰C. 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 Playgirl tulip. The basic plant facts and growing instructions are printed on the packaging label.

• Variety: Playgirl
• Use: ornamental - garden, cut flower
• Flower colour: white with dark pink edges
• Vegetation form: perennial
• Flower type: cup-shaped
• Site: sunny or partial shade; soft, fertile, properly cultivated and fertilized soil
• Bulbs: 5
• Height: 40 - 50 cm
• Flowering period: April - May
• Planting period: autumn
• Planting depth (cm): 8 - 15 cm
• Wintering in the ground?: yes