Hilde

Low growing and disarmingly cheerful, Hilde belongs to that group of tulips that feel like finding something precious close to the ground, its warm burnt orange blooms open wide in the sun like small stars waiting to be noticed. Blooming in April to June, earlier than most tulips, it heralds the true start of the garden season. Planted in pots or at the front of a border, it creates an immediate sense of spring that larger, later tulips cannot quite replicate. As a cut flower it is exceptional, strong stems hold the bloom upright for well over a week, making it as valuable to the vase as it is to the border. Dutch grown and hand selected for size and vigour, Hilde arrives ready to perform. Grown in the bulb fields of the Netherlands, where the craft of bulb growing has been perfected over centuries.