Description

Tulip Pink Delight® is a charming Double Early Tulip, celebrated for its luxurious peony-like blooms that combine romance, resilience, and early-season impact. Its flowers unfurl in layers of rose-pink petals, sometimes edged with a deeper blush and lightening towards a creamy, almost pearlescent base. The double form gives the impression of a small rose or peony in spring, bringing a sense of richness and delicacy to borders and containers at a time when gardens are just beginning to awaken.

Reaching 25–35 cm in height, Pink Delight® stands slightly shorter than mid- or late-season tulips, but this compact habit makes it perfect for Irish spring weather, where strong winds and rain can flatten taller, single-petalled varieties. Its thick, sturdy stems and broad foliage give excellent stability, ensuring long-lasting displays in public beds, civic plantings, or domestic schemes. Flowering in early to mid-spring (March–April in Ireland), it provides an early burst of soft pastel colour that complements later-flowering tulips and extends seasonal impact.

While its densely layered petals are not as accessible to pollinators as simpler single tulip forms, they can still offer some pollen value when partially open — especially for bumblebees seeking early forage. For biodiversity-conscious planting, Pink Delight® pairs beautifully with pollinator-friendly companions like Muscari armeniacum, Anemone blanda, Scilla siberica, or early-flowering Narcissus, which together create nectar-rich carpets alongside the tulips’ structural colour.

In design, Pink Delight® is versatile and striking. Its romantic peony-like look makes it ideal for formal bedding schemes, spring wedding plantings, and container displays, where its compact stature allows close planting for a full, lush effect. In larger borders, it works well interplanted with whites such as Tulip White Valley, creamy yellows like Avant Garde, or contrasting purples such as Negrita.

Overall, Tulip Pink Delight® offers early-season impact, refined colour, and reliable garden performance — a tulip that combines romance and strength, making it a superb choice for Irish landscapes, parks, and private gardens.