Tulip Cabella

If for any reason you are delayed with your autumn planting, keep the bulbs in a completely dry and cool place. They are best kept in a breathable paper bag stored in a darker, very well-ventilated area. Definitely avoid plastic packaging and bags, where there is a huge risk of sweating and the subsequent development of destructive mold.

Beautiful tulips can be grown very successfully in containers, but a few basic rules must be followed. The container must be sufficiently deep and must unconditionally have drainage holes at the bottom. It is crucial to add a thick drainage layer made of pebbles or expanded clay at the bottom so that excess water can always drain away freely and the bulbs do not rot. Furthermore, don't forget to keep the containers outside over the winter so that the bulbs go through a necessary and natural period of cold.

Certainly! Their striking and vibrant colors reliably attract bees and other beneficial pollinators, for whom they are an important source of spring food. By greening your garden with these tulips, you contribute to the spring awakening of nature and actively support local biodiversity in your area.

The 'Cabella' variety boasts stunning double blooms that resemble a 'strawberry and cream' dessert. The petals are a deep strawberry-red color with irregular, pure white edges and occasional darker veining on the outer side. You will be able to enjoy these enchanting flowers on sturdy stems reaching heights of 40 to 50 cm during April and May.

Yes, extra caution is needed when growing them. All parts of the tulip, but especially the bulbs hidden in the ground themselves, are toxic to dogs, cats, and even horses. They contain specific alkaloids. If ingested or chewed, animals may suffer from vomiting, diarrhea, and other digestive issues. Therefore, it is best to plant them in a location where your pets do not have easy access.

Bulb rot is almost always caused by permanently waterlogged and overly heavy soil. Bulbs literally cannot stand sitting in water for long periods. If you have heavy clay soil in your garden that drains water very poorly, we highly recommend mixing sand or fine gravel into the soil before planting to significantly lighten and aerate it. Growing bulbs in slightly raised beds is also an excellent solution.

This unpleasant phenomenon occasionally occurs with spring-flowering bulbs, and it is most often caused by improper care immediately after the previous blooming period. If you trimmed the still-green leaves too early last year, the bulb unfortunately did not have enough time to absorb the necessary nutrients to produce a strong flower for the next season. Another very common reason can be planting too deep in the ground, a critical lack of sunlight at the chosen location, or simply the fact that the bulbs have multiplied too much in one spot and are now fiercely competing with each other for nutrients.

For this low-maintenance perennial to thrive, find it a spot in full sun or partial shade in your garden. In such locations, the plants will have enough solar energy to develop sturdy stems and beautifully colored flowers.

Tulips are very easy to propagate exclusively using offsets (daughter bulbs), which form naturally and spontaneously in the soil directly around the main mother bulb. After the foliage has withered and dried completely in mid-summer, you can carefully dig up the entire cluster of bulbs, manually separate the small bulbs, and plant them in new, sufficiently spacious spots in the autumn. We do not recommend growing this perennial from seeds for home gardeners at all, as it is time-consuming and inefficient.

Yes, the full and strong blooms of this strawberry-red variety are exceptionally well-suited for cutting. They look absolutely luxurious indoors in a vase with water due to their romantic coloring and stay fresh for quite a long time. However, if you want to dry them, unfortunately, the Cabella variety is not suitable for that.

The greatest and most common enemies of tulip bulbs stored in the ground are voles, mice, and other rodents, which love to gnaw on them during the winter when food is scarce. If you know for sure that these rodents are present on your property, it is definitely worth planting the bulbs directly into special protective plastic or wire bulb planting baskets designed specifically for this purpose. The fragile, young above-ground shoots may occasionally attract aphids and voracious slugs in the spring.