Rare 'Ice Cream' Tulip 5 Bulbs - Vanilla & Strawberry Scoop - 11/12 cm Bulbs
A Luscious Scoop of Vanilla with a Strawberry Ripple!This petal-packed variety has one of the most beautiful forms in the Tulip world.Giant blooms concealed within long, petal-packed buds open to rounded, overstuffed, splendid 'scoops' of vanilla and strawberry on this exciting HUGE peony-flowered Tulip! 'Ice Cream' is aptly named, for the combination of palest yellow and streaks of pink really does suggest vanilla and strawberry . . . but you would need a waffle cone to contain these giant scoops!Arising late in Tulip season (mid- to late spring), these flowers open on sturdy 16-inch stems and are perfect for cutting. At first the blooms look darker than they are, for the outermost petals, often streaked with green on the exterior, are a French vanilla with bright pink feathering. But the inner petals are much more softly colored, continuing the "strawberry ripple" motif more faintly toward the center of the bloom than around the exterior. Exquisite!This is simply one of the most beautiful Tulips the world has ever seen.