Description

Tulip Doll’s Minuet is a distinctive viridiflora tulip prized for its magenta to purple petals subtly streaked with vertical green flames. Flowering in mid to late spring, it reaches 45 to 55 cm and provides exceptional texture and detail during the season’s closing weeks. As the flower matures, its colours deepen and contrast beautifully against fresh spring foliage, offering longevity and visual refinement.

Best planted in full sun and in soils that are fertile yet well-drained, Doll’s Minuet flourishes in formal estate gardens, botanical collections, and structured residential borders. It excels in raised beds, hotel entrance planters, institutional grounds, reflective gardens, and modern mixed-planting designs that favour subtle colour interplay. The slightly reflexed petals and slim upright profile lend graceful architecture to both traditional and contemporary landscapes.

A strong companion to other viridiflora tulips such as Spring Green or Groenland, it is also highly effective alongside late-blooming alliums, ornamental grasses, and foliage-focused perennials. Its long-lasting blooms are beneficial to early hoverflies and contribute modestly to pollinator value when sited in full sun. Use in biodiversity-conscious planting alongside nectar-rich species to support visual and ecological richness in urban parks, hotel gardens, school grounds, or transitional schemes from hard surface to softscape.