Tulipa pulchella caerulea

When asked to explain what I mean by unusual bulbs, this plant is often my example. A 20cm tall blue and white fragrant Tulip, that is easily grown, but which few people know about.

This really is fabulous; the petals are of good texture and are pure white, the base has a thin black bordered, deep steel-blue patch and the whole is lightly fragrant of violets. It flowers early in the tulip season, long before the “crowd” and is a very distinguished and attractive plant.