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Black Hero Double Tulip

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Description

This deep purple/black double tulip is very similar to the ever popular Queen of Night Tulip, except it has double the petals! The deep blooms will put on a show in Late Spring, and look best when planted with contrasting blooms such as Stainless Daffodils, Super Parrot Tulips, and Pink Diamond Single Late Tulips.

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Planting Advice

Tulips perform best in full sun to partial shade
Plant tulips when temperatures have cooled in your area in fall. Once your daytime temperatures are in the 60’s or lower consistently, this is a good time to plant your tulips.
Tulips require 12-16 weeks of consistent temperatures below 50 degrees in winter in order to produce a flower bud; tulips are best suited to cold climates.
Adequate drainage is essential to the health of your tulips. Amend your soil with top soil and organic matter such as compost, manure, leaf mold or peat moss prior to planting. After you have amended your soil, it should be light and easy to work with.
Fertilize at planting with Hi Yield Bulb Food or for organic gardening use Bulb-Tone. Apply fertilizer at least 3” below the bottom of the bulbs so that the roots will get the most benefit from the fertilizer.
Tulips should be planted at least 6-8” deep with the pointed side of the tulip facing towards the sky. Dig the planting hole 12” deep so you can add fertilizer to the bottom of the hole. After adding fertilizer back fill with 3-4” of soil, plant your bulbs, then back fill with remaining soil.
Space tulips 4-6” apart when planting individual bulbs. For mass planting and brilliant bursts of color in the garden, plant the bulbs 2-3” apart in bouquet planting groups, trenches and garden beds.
Immediately after planting, water the tulip planting area. This helps to eliminate air pockets in the soil. After the initial planting, it is not necessary to provide any supplemental water to the area. In spring once the tulips have emerged you may water as necessary, although spring rains often make providing additional water unnecessary.
Apply a layer a 2” layer of mulch in late fall.

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aljones

Boston

Beautiful & Petite

11/24/2021

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Great as cut flowers, tall and petite, and with a very black-purple velvet look. Be careful rabbits love this variety.

peachypinklover

My favorite bulb thus far

5/25/2021

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beautiful dark eggplant color
multiple blooms per bulb

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Super late blooming

I planted about 30 of these last fall and WOW! These were some of my favorites. Warning, they are the last to bloom--but so worth the wait. But each bulb already had multiple blooms! I highly recommend.

ctg2020

Black Hero Double Tulip

9/14/2020

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haleyb

Seattle

Burgundy and a bit small

4/23/2020

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These are sort of a medium size tulip. I planted these intermixed with the Miranda double tulip and the Mirandas are a much more large, fluffy, commanding flower than this one. Also these have come into bloom in a bit more of a burgundy color than a deep black, but I'm hoping the color will darken over time.