Holiday Mixture Tulip Bulbs - Red & White Triumph Blend

Create a fresh red-and-white spring display with Holiday Mixture tulip bulbs. This blend brings together three Triumph tulip varieties for garden borders, seasonal containers, and home-cut bouquets. Plant in generous groups beside a path or entryway to enjoy the colors together when spring arrives.

Choose your bulb quantity

This listing is for bulbs to plant, not seeds, potted plants, or cut flowers. Choose from:

• 10 bulbs
• 25 bulbs
• 100 bulbs

This is a mixed planting, not a choice of individual flower colors. The proportion of each variety and color may vary.

Blend details

• Blend: Holiday Mixture
• Tulip group: Triumph
• Composition: Three tulip varieties in a red-and-white color theme
• Approximate height: 16–22 inches under suitable conditions
• Flowering season: Mid-spring, with local timing affected by climate and weather
• Light: Full sun to light shade
• Soil: Fertile, well-drained soil
• Uses: Grouped borders, containers, and cut flowers

Height, flowering dates, and overlap between varieties vary with conditions. The name Holiday Mixture describes the blend, not a promise of flowering for a particular holiday.

When your bulbs arrive

Unpack promptly and keep bulbs cool, dry, and ventilated until planting. Avoid sealed plastic bags, prolonged warmth, and moisture buildup. Plant in your local fall bulb-planting window once soil has cooled, before the ground freezes.

Planting in garden beds

1. Choose a location that drains freely rather than holding water after rain.
2. Remove weeds and loosen the planting area, incorporating finished compost if needed.
3. Set bulbs pointed end up, with the base approximately 6–8 inches below the soil surface.
4. Space bulbs approximately 4–6 inches apart for a grouped display.
5. Backfill and water to settle the soil around the bulbs.

Adjust planting practices to local soil and winter conditions. Excessively deep planting does not replace the cold period tulips need.

Growing in containers

Use a deep container with drainage holes and a freely draining potting mix. Allow space beneath bulbs for roots and enough soil above them for appropriate planting depth. Bulbs should not touch each other or sit in standing water.

Pots are more exposed to freezing than garden soil. Protect them appropriately for your climate while still allowing the required winter cooling.

Growing in warm climates

In mild-winter regions, unchilled tulip bulbs generally need artificial chilling. Confirm any previous cold treatment before planning your schedule; do not assume this listing supplies prechilled bulbs.

1. For unchilled bulbs, a common approach is approximately 12–16 weeks at 35–45°F (2–7°C) in a refrigerator, following any lot-specific instructions.
2. Keep bulbs dry in a breathable paper or mesh bag. Do not freeze them or seal them in airtight plastic.
3. Keep them away from ripening fruit, especially apples and pears, because fruit releases ethylene that can damage developing flowers. Clearly label bulbs as not edible and keep them separate from food.
4. Time chilling to finish during your area's coolest planting window, often late fall or early winter. Plant promptly after chilling into cooled soil rather than hot ground.
5. Choose morning sun and light afternoon shade where afternoons are hot, avoiding reflected heat from walls and paving.

Water moderately during active growth without saturating the soil. Warm weather can shorten flowering. In consistently tropical conditions, outdoor flowering may remain unreliable even after prechilling, and a controlled cool-growing environment may be needed.

Care during growth and flowering

Water as needed, accounting for rain and allowing excess water to drain. Feed according to the label directions on a fertilizer suitable for bulbs. Check for browsing and digging damage; tulips should not be treated as deer-, rabbit-, or rodent-resistant plants.

Cut stems for bouquets with clean tools. Leave as much foliage on the plant as practical if you want bulbs to rebuild reserves.

After flowering

Remove spent flowers and leave foliage intact until it yellows and dies back naturally. Reduce watering as bulbs enter dormancy and avoid waterlogged summer soil.

Repeat flowering is not guaranteed. Triumph tulips are often grown as a seasonal display, especially in warm climates. If lifting bulbs, wait until foliage has died back, then dry and store them in a cool, dry, ventilated place. Future performance depends on bulb condition, storage, and growing conditions.

Important safety information

Tulip bulbs and other plant parts are not edible and are toxic to pets if eaten. Keep bulbs away from children and animals. Wear gloves if handling bulbs irritates your skin, and wash hands after planting.