Description

Tulip Copper Image is a richly toned double late tulip admired by horticulturists and landscape professionals for its sumptuous peony-like blooms in layered hues of copper, salmon-pink, rose, and antique apricot. Flowering in mid to late May, it grows to a reliable 40–45 cm, providing high-impact floral architecture and late-season colour saturation that pairs especially well with ornamental alliums and the tail end of narcissus.

This cultivar thrives in full sun, performing best in deep, fertile, free-draining soils with good humus content and moderate moisture retention. In heavier Irish clay soils, improvement with organic compost, horticultural grit, or bark fines is essential to prevent stagnation and ensure reliable emergence. It’s a strong candidate for elevated borders, raised bulb terraces, and mulched herbaceous plantings. On exposed sites, such as coastal gardens position near windbreaks or within more sheltered microclimates to prevent petal bruising during bloom. Plant with Allium Purple Sensation, Narcissus Replete or Tulip Black Hero to enhance displays.

Professionally, Copper Image is a favourite in formal estate borders, boutique hotel gardens, and bridal or event schemes, where its tone-perfect, velvety finish evokes a luxury aesthetic. It integrates well into late spring container compositions and high-end floristry cutting gardens, and brings softness and depth to urban heritage beds or colour-themed perennial borders. In public gardens or commercial installations, plant en masse for textural rhythm, using spacing of 10–12 bulbs per m² for best impact.

Though not heavily scented, its broad petal structure and late blooming contribute minor hoverfly value in urban pollinator routes, especially when interplanted with nectar-rich neighbours.