Lightly fertilize the plants just as the flowers are starting to emerge. Tesselaars recommend planting the bulbs 3 times the bulb height in Australia. The rule of thumb is the planting depth should be around 2.5 times the bulb width. Alway check the planting depth with your supplier. Plant around 20mm deep in pots, or around 80mm – 150mm deep in the garden. Heavy clay soils, dig in some organic matter with vermiculite, perlite or even some potting mix. Bulbs can be ordered from Tesselaar’s that are pre chilled ready to plant. If the ground is still heating up from the sunlight, plant your bulbs a little deeper in the soil to protect them from the heat. In warmer parts of Australia they may need to be in the fridge crisper for a few weeks prior to planting. Plant in late Autumn or late April to Early May. The bees and other insects in your garden will love it. Growing tulips in a grassy meadow under trees. Tulips can be planted in mass plantings in a garden bed with each colour in its own row or graded in a continual blend from pale yellow, brilliant yellow to orange to red. More recently, some interesting hybrid varieties have been created using some of the original wild varieties from southern Asia. It consists of people make long pilgrimages to places like Keukenhof in the Netherlands, or Tessalaar’s in the Dandenongs outside Melbourne to take thousands of selfies and photos of the spectacular seas of colour of the tulips. Today’s tulip mania takes a much different form. The tulip mania that followed led to tulip bulbs reaching the same price as an Amsterdam canal house. Tulips soon became a much sought-after import to the Netherlands. As the director of the local botanical gardens, his experiments with tulip bulbs soon caught the attention of the wealthy residents of Leiden. Later de l’Ecluse was given a teaching appointment in Leiden in Holland. The ambassador then passed some bulbs on to his friend, Flemish botanist Charles de l’Ecluse who was caring for the emperor’s garden in Vienna. The ambassador of the 16 th century Habsburg monarchy was given some tulip bulbs to take take to Vienna by the Turkish Sultan. These days, tulips are closely associated with the Netherlands due to a historical co-incidence. This is probably due to the shape of the flowers resembling a turban. The name tulip comes from the Turkish word tülbent meaning turban. This red and yellow looks great on the one flower. Whether you're craving something formal or a little more low maintenance, let these beautiful boxwood landscape ideas inspire your next weekend project.Tulips are also available with 2 colours on the same flower. And they require less maintenance than you might think: Although they need watering and mulching, boxwoods do not require regular tending, unless you opt for a super-sculpted look. Yet its sculptural nature also lends itself quite nicely to minimalist settings and, when allowed to grow a bit more wildly, the evergreen shrub is right at home in more rustic gardens as well.īeyond just their style, boxwoods serve many functions in landscaping, from framing an entry and edging a walkway border to surrounding an outdoor fountain and marking off a shady flower bed. Long associated with French gardens with clipped hedges demarcating shapely parterres, the small-leafed bush is an obvious choice for adding formality to any house facade. Thanks to their versatility, boxwoods are a perennial favorite among traditionalists and modernists alike. Nothing freshens up the facade of a house like emerald-green shrubbery.