Bicolor Tulips

Here’s a list of bicolor tulips or two color tulips that may be of assistance in choosing your bulbs for the coming year. Print it out so that you can compare prices as you shop online for the right bulb to plant.

Please note the pictures on this page are not of the colors of the bulbs but are intended to provide you with a description of the bulbs shape.

Double Early Bicolor Tulips

Flowering period: early
Average plant height: 20-30 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 5 cm
Landscape uses: beds, borders and rock gardens

Most popular cultivars:

'Abba': red with a flame
'Monsella': yellow with red flames
'Viking': flamed scarlet with green stripes
'Willemsoord': red with white edge

Single Early Bicolor Tulips

Flowering period: early
Average plant height: 20-30 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 5-10 cm
Landscape uses: beds, borders, rock gardens and for forcing

Most popular cultivars:

'Flair': red and yellow
'Merry Christmas': carmine red, white base
'Prinses Irene': orange and red
'Striped Bellona': yellow and orange

Triumph BiColor Tulips

Flowering period: mid-season
Average plant height: 25-40 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 5-10 cm
Landscape uses: beds, borders, as cut flowers, and for forcing

Most popular bicolor tulips:

'Abra': mahogany-red, yellow edge
'Abu Hassan': purple-brown, yellow edge
'Akela': primrose yellow with rose-colored veined edge
'Arabian Mystery': violet, white edge
'Arie Hoek': claret-rose, edged in blood-red
'Attila's Record': fuschia-red, edged in purple
'Baronesse': magenta-rose with broad white edge
'Blenda': carmine red, white base
'Brigitta': yellow feathered flame on scarlet background
'Debutante': cherry and cardinal red
'Dreaming Maid': violet, white edge
'Garden Party': white and carmine red
'High Noon': pink and white
'Kees Nelis' bright red, broad yellow edge
'Leda': pink with yellow edge
'Los Angeles': red, edged bright yellow
'Lucky Strike': bright red, white edge
'Merry Widow': red, white edge
'New Design': yellow fading to pinkish white
'Orange Cassini': red, flames pink
'Orange Monarch': orange and red
'Preludium': carmine pink, white base
'Princess Victoria': red with white edge
'Recreado': purple with violet-purple flame
'Rosario': magenta-pink, white base
'Sunlife': pink with a narrow yellow margin
'Thule': yellow and red
'Varinas': lilac-rose edged silvery white

Single Late Bicolor Tulips

Flowering period: late
Average plant height: 75 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 7.5 cm
Landscape uses: parks, beds, perennial beds, and as cut flowers

Most popular cultivars:

'Gander's Rhapsody': red and white
'Georgette': yellow, edged red
'Kaiserin Maria Theresia': red to Spanish orange flame
'King's Blood': carmine and vermilion red
'Menton': rose, edges with light orange stripes
'Shirley': ivory-white, purple edge
'Vlammenspel': yellow, flamed red

Darwin Bicolor Tulips

Flowering period: mid-season
Average plant height: 30-50 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 7.5 cm
Landscape uses: park beds, perennial beds, borders and as cut flowers

Most popular cultivars:

'Apeldoorn's Elite': red and orange-yellow
'Beauty of Apeldoorn': orange-yellow-red striped
'Exotic Bird': red, yellow edge
'Golden Parade': bright yellow, red-lined edges
'Gudoschnik': bright yellow, red striped
'Hans Mayer': golden-yellow, red flamed
'Ivory Floradale': ivory-yellow, spotted with carmine red
'London': blood-red, scarlet hued
'Striped Apeldoorn': gold and yellow striped

Lily Flowered Bicolor Tulips

Flowering period: late
Average plant height: 35-75 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 5 cm
Landscape uses: park beds, borders, perennial beds and cut flowers

Most popular cultivars:

'Aladdin': deep red, yellow edged
'Ballade'" bright violet, white edged
'Jan van Zanten's Memory': carmine red, lighter to the edge
'Maytime': bright violet, white edged

Parrot Bicolor Tulips

Flowering period: mid-season to late
Average plant height: 35-50 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 7.5 cm
Landscape uses: beds, borders and as cut flowers

Most popular cultivars:

'Apricot Parrot': bright apricot-coloured, pink striped
'Estella Rijnveld': red and creamy white
'Flaming Parrot': yellow and red
'Salmon Parrot': salmon, yellow striped
'Texas Flame': yellow and red
'Weber's Parrot': ivory-white, purple towards the edges

Double Late Bicolor Tulips

Flowering period: late
Average plant height: 30-40 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 7.5 cm
Landscape uses: beds, borders and cut flowers

Most popular cultivars:

'Alegretto': red, yellow edge
'Angélique'*: pink, white-pink edge
'Bonanza': deep red, yellow edge
'Wirosa'*: bordeaux-red, cream edge

Rembrandt Bicolor Tulips

During Tulipmania in Holland in the 17th and 18th century, tulips with a “flame” pattern commanded very high prices. We now know this patterning was a result of viral infections. These are no longer sold but tulip breeders have duplicated the flaming patterns on these cultivars. And there are no virus problems with them.

Most popular cultivars:

'Cordell Hull': creamy white
'Olympic Flame': yellow, flamed red
'Prince Carnaval': yellow, flamed red
'Sorbet': rosy white

Viridiflora Bicolor Tulips

Flowering period: late
Average plant height: 40-60 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 5 cm
Landscape uses: beds, borders and as cut flowers

Most popular cultivars:

'Artist'*: deep orange and green
'Golden Artist'*: golden-yellow and green
'Greenland': pink and green
'Spring-Green': ivory-white and green

Kaufmanniana Bicolor Tulips

Flowering period: early
Average plant height: 10-20 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 7.5 cm
Landscape uses: beds, borders and rock gardens

Most popular cultivars:

'Giuseppe Verdi': carmine red, yellow-edged flowers *
'Cluck': carmine red, bright yellow-edged flowers *
'Heart's Delight': carmine red, pale pink-edged flowers *
'Johann Strauss': currant red, pale yellow-edged flowers *
'Scarlet Baby': scarlet red flowers
'Showwinner': cardinal red flowers *
'Stresa': currant red and yellow flowers *

Fosteriana Bicolor Tulips

Flowering period: early
Average plant height: 25-30 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 10 cm
Landscape uses: parks, beds, borders and rock gardens

Most popular cultivars:

'Juan': luminous deep orange, yellow base, foliage brown spots
'Orange Emperor': bright orange, yellow base
'Princeps'* bright red, bronze-green base
'Sweetheart': lemon-yellow with broad ivory-white edge

Greigii Bicolor Tulips

Flowering period: early
Average plant height: 20-30 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 10 cm
Landscape uses: park beds, borders and rock gardens

Most popular cultivars:

'Cape Cod': apricot, yellow-edged flower with spotted foliage
'Orange Toronto': orange, edged in red
'Oriental Splendour'*: carmine red, yellow-edged, spotted foliage
'Pinocchio': scarlet, edged in ivory-white
'Plaisir': carmine red, white edged flower with spotted foliage