The dazzling Poco Loco tulip promises real magic in every garden where its pink flowers with an apricot twist will bloom. It will instantly add charm to a garden in spring. This tulip stands out with a vivid colour and the exceptionally large flowers with an oriental flair. It will create unique ambience everywhere it grows. The slender corollas with narrow tops bloom from April to May. They consist of single satin petals. The flowers, beautifully exposed on the green foliage, offer a great solution for flower bed edgings, as well as pots on a patio or terrace. The leaves may sometimes slightly bend over. The Poco Loco tulip is a proud representative of the Fosteriana tulips whose impressive blooms open marvellously on sunny days. This variety grows rather low and the 40 cm tall plants perfectly fit into the front row of a flower bed.

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 Poco Loco tulip. The basic plant facts and growing instructions are printed on the packaging label.

• Variety: Poco Loco
• Use: ornamental - garden, pots
• Flower colour: pink with an apricot twist
• Vegetation form: perennial
• Site: sunny or partial shade; soft, fertile, properly cultivated and fertilized soil
• Bulbs: 5
• Height: 40 cm
• Flowering period: April - May
• Planting period: autumn
• Planting depth (cm): twice the height of a bulb
• Wintering in the ground?: yes