🌷 Tulip 'Chrysantha' (6 bulbs) – Miniature sunshine & vibrant blooms ✨ Offered by Van Noort
Bring a golden and wild touch to your spring with the botanical tulip 'Chrysantha' , an old and natural variety with early flowering and full of charm. 💛
Its intense golden yellow star-shaped flowers open wide in the sun, like so many little suns resting at ground level.
Perfect for alpine gardens , sunny rockeries , gravel borders or shrub bases , it naturalises very easily and returns faithfully each year.
Undemanding, it thrives on light, dry soils and illuminates natural scenes with poetry and simplicity .
A real treasure for gardeners in search of freshness, authenticity and light . 🥰
🌱 Characteristics of the tulip 'Chrysantha'
📏 Height : 15 to 20 cm
☀️ Exposure : Full sun
🌡 Hardiness : Zone 3 and above
🦌 Deer resistance : Good
💧 Water requirements : Low (prefers dry soils)
📍 Ideal soil : Light, sandy, well-drained
📦 Quantity : 6 bulbs
🌿 Planting and growing the 'Chrysantha' tulip
🔹 When to plant? From September to October, before the first frosts
🔹 In open ground : Ideal for rockeries , gravel gardens , dry slopes or naturalized corners
🔹 In a pot : Very pretty in a shallow container , on a sunny terrace
🔹 How to plant?
1️⃣ Depth : 8 to 10 cm
2️⃣ Spacing : 5 to 8 cm
3️⃣ Watering : Light after planting, then almost unnecessary
💡 Gardening tip : Combine it with dasystemon tulips , botanical crocuses or muscari to create a natural and early carpet .
🌿 Care of the 'Chrysantha' tulip
💦 Watering : Minimal, especially after flowering
🌱 Fertilizer : Unnecessary or very light
✂️ Pruning : Allow the foliage to fade naturally
❄️ Wintering : No care required, very hardy
💡 Why choose the 'Chrysantha' tulip?
✅ Golden yellow botanical tulip , very early flowering
✅ Perfect for naturalization , rockeries and dry gardens
✅ Very easy to grow , faithful and durable
✅ Ideal for a natural, sober and luminous style
✨ Bring sunshine into your garden with the 'Chrysantha' tulip, offered by Van Noort — a vibrant, hardy, and sweet little botanical. ✨
🌿 Combine with other small spring bulbs for a spontaneous, soft and luminous effect: crocuses , squills , muscari or blanda anemones . 😍