Description

Tulip Parrot King is a strong choice for planting where late spring colour needs to feel warm, rich and highly decorative. It has the exaggerated flower shape of the Parrot group, but its colour balance is different from the red-and-white drama of Estella Rijnveld or the softer pastel effect of Apricot Parrot. Parrot King sits in the middle ground: bright enough for impact, but varied enough to look designed rather than flat. The flowers are large, ruffled and feathered, carrying a mix of golden yellow, glowing orange, rose and green.

Parrot King works well where a strong warm focal point is needed at the end of the tulip season. Use it in hotel entrances, estate borders, courtyard planters, civic containers, public garden beds, business frontages, wedding venue displays and premium commercial landscapes. The orange and yellow tones make it useful beside cream tulips, dark purple tulips, blue muscari, late alliums and white narcissus.

Parrot King is also valuable where planting needs texture as well as colour. The petals do not present as a simple cup. They twist, ripple and open into a broad, feathered bloom, giving the display movement when seen close up.

 Because Parrot tulips have large ruffled blooms, Parrot King is better placed in sheltered beds and planters rather than exposed roadside or open verge schemes away from harsh weather.