This is a fairly popular tulip and is grown for its classic-shaped tulip flower and striking variegated foliage. I think tulips are best grown in tightly bunched groups - much closer than recommended. Use as many slug deterrents as you dare as soon as the fresh foliage appears. (See article on this blog).Tulips like fertile but very well-drained soil and sunny spots. You can help ensure abundant blooms year after year by applying a liquid general purpose fertilizer after flowering when the foliage is still green. All the foliage should be cut off and removed as soon as it has tuned yellow.
To propagate you just lift the bulbs and replant the small bulbs attached to the main bulb. The new bulbs take at least a couple of seasons to flower.
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