Angeligue

Season Overview

Description

The 'Angelique' tulip is truly exceptional, and based on its flower alone, it is not immediately recognizable as a tulip. With its numerous white and pink petals, impressive flower size, and double, bowl-shaped, rounded form, it looks more like a classic rose or peony. The slightly wavy petals turn light pink to white towards the edges, making the flower exceptionally vibrant. However, the linear lanceolate, ground-hugging, pointed foliage with smooth edges in a balanced medium green is typical of a tulip. Thanks to its late flowering from the beginning of May, this tulip can actually compete with many peonies in perennial beds. Despite its striking appearance, nothing is known about the breeder of this magnificent late variety from 1959. However, it is almost certain that this beautiful flower in white and delicate pink originates from the Netherlands, the motherland of tulips. Nevertheless, the beauty of this romantic-looking flower has been recognized. In 1999, it was awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit in Great Britain, the motherland of roses and cottage gardens. In 2004, it was crowned Flower Bulb of the Year. Tulipa 'Angelique' also rivals peonies and roses in that it exudes a delicate and pleasant fragrance. The delicate-looking 'Angelique' scented tulip has a solid winter hardiness of -23 to -28°C. Nevertheless, it is advisable to dig up the bulbs in the fall and replant them the following spring if you want to see impressive blooms again.

Growing tips

- Protection from rodents: Use wire baskets or place the bulbs in planting baskets to protect them from mice or voles. These animals like to nibble on the bulbs. - Remove withered flowers: Cut off the wilted flowers after flowering so that the plant can sprout new flowers. If you want to obtain seeds, leave the flowers on. However, tulips are not traditionally sown, but tulip bulbs are planted. - Replant after a few years: Tulips often flower more vigorously if they are replanted every few years. In flower beds, they can also be alternated with other plants to support soil life and prevent disease.

Details

Plant distance

10 cm

Row spacing

15 cm

Seeding depth

10 cm