8 white flowered tulips
For a soft and bright garden or balcony
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Easy to grow, tulips are essential bulb flowers in spring. If you choose white ones, they add an elegant and delicate touch, paired with other bright or pastel colours. You can also rely on them to create a monochrome white garden, where you can play with heights and shapes to vary the pleasure of the eye. Tulips offer a wide selection: single, double, lily-flowered, fringed, early or late flowering. Discover our selection of white flowering tulips to create a refined and bright garden or balcony.
The Darwin hybrid tulip 'Hakuun', a sparkling pure white
The Darwin hybrid tulip ‘Hakuun’ stands out with its pure white, elongated, iridescent flowers. Their texture, both translucent and slightly waxy, gives them great elegance, enhanced by the sturdy habit of the tall stems. Reaching a height of 45 to 50 cm, it proudly complements borders. This new Japanese variety flowers from April to May and boasts a long-lasting flowering period. The medium green foliage elegantly frames the flowers.
The tulip makes excellent cut flowers. In the garden or in pots, it pairs beautifully with daffodils, hellebore, lady’s mantle, and spurge.
Darwin hybrid tulip ‘Hakuun’
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Tulips: planting, growing and careThe fringed tulip 'Daytona', the delicacy of the flowers
Another flower with immaculate white, the fringed tulip ‘Daytona’ stands out with its finely fringed petals. It is inspiring for varying shapes in a bed of white flowers and brings an unprecedented delicacy. The flowers appear from April to May, on medium green foliage.
At a height of 45 cm, it fits well in both flower beds and pot arrangements. You can pair it with the colourful foliage of heucheras or with the blue hues of muscari. It is also lovely in a cut flower arrangement.
Fringed tulip ‘Daytona’ (Credit Ibulbe)
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The early double tulip 'Evita', with richly petalled flowers
If you love large round flowers adorned with numerous petals, the double early tulip ‘Evita’ is sure to please you. In April, it displays pure white flowers measuring 12 cm in diameter that open in a cup shape amidst medium green foliage. Perched on sturdy stems 40 cm tall, they brighten up beds or borders, as well as flowering pots and bouquets you place in vases.
With their roundness and size, they delight cut flower enthusiasts. To highlight their whiteness, you can pair them with dark-coloured flowers or foliage, such as the Parrot tulip ‘Black Parrot’ or heucheras with black or purple foliage.
Double early tulip ‘Evita’ (Credit Ibulbe)
The late double tulip 'Nirvana', a peony-like appearance
The late double tulip ‘Nirvana’ boasts a beauty reminiscent of peonies. With its large flowers measuring 15 cm in diameter, rich in petals, it offers a spectacular globular flowering. This variety, which has been awarded in England, is hard to find in horticultural commerce.
The whiteness of the tulips is warmed by a touch of cream yellow and adorned with flames of an acid green around the base’s edge. The slightly crumpled flowers appear in May and June, and the plants grow up to 35 cm tall. You can pair it with peonies, such as the red Paeonia tenuifolia ‘Plena’.
Late double tulip ‘Nirvana’
The 'Sapporo' Fleur de Lys Tulip, the embodiment of elegance
The Lily-flowering tulip ‘Sapporo’ creates flower scenes of rare elegance, with its immaculate flowers opening in star shapes and its sharply pointed petals. At a height of 40 cm, it blooms from April to May in a buttery yellow colour, which turns to ivory white edged with pale yellow. The flowers open in a narrow cup shape of 8 cm in diameter on medium green foliage.
Their highly cut shape is particularly striking in a white garden, alongside rounder or fringed tulips. At a height of 40 cm, it can be planted both in a border and in a pot.
Lily-flowering tulip ‘Sapporo’
Fosteriana tulip 'Exotic Emperor', a pleasant fragrance
The Fosteriana tulip ‘Exotic Emperor’ offers numerous advantages. It bears semi-double white cup-shaped flowers measuring 12 cm, which are uniquely striated with green around the edges. They appear in March and April and emit a sweet fragrance.
Reaching 40 cm in height, this tulip adds a touch of freshness to the garden or balcony. You can pair it with fragrant white daffodils, such as the Narcissus poeticus ‘Actaea’.
Fosteriana tulip ‘Exotic Emperor’
The 'Super Parrot' parrot tulip, with crinkled flowers
If you are a fan of flowers with crinkled petals, pay attention to the Super Parrot tulip. Its undulating and unusual silhouette is showcased during the flowering period from April to May. This highly graphic tulip, standing at 45 cm tall, produces 15 cm white flowers, flamed with green. The twisted, fringed, and tousled petals create a stunning effect in a pot or a border.
Pair it with other round-shaped white tulips like the double early tulip ‘Evita’. With a flexible stem, it is sensitive to the elements. Therefore, it is advisable to choose a sheltered spot, if necessary, for planting in the ground.
Super Parrot tulip (Credit Ibulbe)
The late single tulip 'Maureen', giant and classy
The late single tulip ‘Maureen’ grows up to a height of 65 cm, making it quite a giant. This historic variety dates back to 1950. Awarded in England, it continues to delight even today. On its very sturdy stem, a pure white flower blooms, which can take on cream or silver hues depending on the light. It flowers in May and June.
This very elegant and stately lady makes a statement in a flower bed, alongside colourful red or purple tulips, as well as wallflowers, lady’s mantle, and ornamental grasses. It is also perfect for cut flowers.
Late single tulip ‘Maureen’ (Credit Ibulbe)
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