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The Tulip Trail
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A Sandstone Rock Garden
B Streamside Walk
C Winter Walk
D Main Borders
E Kitchen Garden
F Alpine House
G Scented Garden
H Foliage Garden
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J Craggle Top Tree House
K Children’s Play Area
L Wildflower Meadow
M Apiary
N Bettys Trees For Life Project
O Logness Monster
P The Lodge
Q Teaching Garden
RHS 2017 tulip trail A5 4pp Flyer:proof
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Tiptoe through the Tulips
at RHS Garden Harlow Carr
Our new Tulip Trail celebrates the colour, shape and
scent offered by more than 25,000 tulip bulbs. Follow
the trail map (back cover) to find the highlights and get
inspiration for your own garden. Our ‘living catalogue’
features more than 100 varieties of tulip – including
some of our Curator’s favourites – displayed in
traditional beds and borders and more quirky containers.
RHS Registered Charity No: 222879/SC038262
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Top 10 tulip recommendations
By Paul Cook, Curator at RHS Garden Harlow Carr
BALLERINA: Burnt orange lily-flowered tulip
with dainty, fluted tangerine petals and a
honey scent. This is a good choice for domestic
gardens and clay soils.
DAYDREAM: This Darwin hybrid is a tall tulip,
growing up to 55cm high with bold, yellow blooms
fading to apricot. As well as its impressive height,
it is robust and extremely weatherproof.
DON QUICHOTTE: Classic triumph tulip with
strong dark pink blooms; looks stunning with the
inky black of Paul Scherer in a container display.
PRINSES IRENE: Single early tulip, a small,
delicate, cup-shaped, soft orange with an unusual
purple flame decoration on the tepals of the petals.
PURISSIMA: One of the earliest of the tulips,
this fosteriana tulip is pure white, small in
comparison (40cm) to the others mentioned,
and a great choice to kick start a display.
You don’t need a lot of space to make your own
spectacular displays, so please enjoy the trail and make
sure you stop off in the Plant Centre on your way home
to pre-order bulbs for striking displays next spring.
WHITE TRIUMPHATOR: Clean, crisp white
lily-flowered tulip; tall and elegant with fluted petals.
It looks stunning when planted amongst evergreens.
BLACK PARROT: A dark purple, almost
black, heavily-ruched tulip with feathery tips to
the petals, this is a real show stopper! It does
better in containers than in the ground.
WEST POINT: A zingy citrus yellow lily-flowered
fluted tulip. Stately and very upright, it works well
planted with tulip ‘Spring Green’.
COULEUR CARDINAL: One of the shorter,
single early flowerers, with blood-red petals
with a bluey tinge to the centre. It is small in
stature, but rich in colour.
EXOTIC EMPEROR: This white-green late
flowering tulip boasts an unusual colour
combination that helps it stand out from
the crowd.