Tulip ‘Sensual Touch’

Features

  • Suitable for containers

Description

Discovered during a recent variety trial, this incredible tangerine-hued beauty has quickly climbed to the top of the Floret Favorites list. The huge flower heads are loaded with a mass of ruffled, fringed petals and look more like a garden rose than a tulip. Everyone who encounters ‘Sensual Touch’ falls madly in love. A must-grow!

Details

Height: 16 to 18 in
Type: double fringed
Bloom time: late
Site: full sun

Harvesting/Vase Life

Harvest when flowers are in bud, with a hint of color showing on the outer petals. If you want to perennialize your tulips, it’s important to leave at least two sets of leaves on the stem when harvesting to replenish the bulb and give it energy to bloom the following season. Here at Floret, we treat our tulips as annuals, and pull up the entire plant, bulb and all, during harvest. For extended storage, leave the bulb attached and store upright out of water in a cooler for up to 2 weeks. When you’re ready to use the flowers, cut off the bulbs before placing in water. Keep in mind that once placed in water, fresh-picked stems will elongate during the first few days, so if you’re adding them to an arrangement, nestle the flowers down deeper than you ultimately want them to be. Expect a vase life of 7 to 10 days.

Details

Description

Discovered during a recent variety trial, this incredible tangerine-hued beauty has quickly climbed to the top of the Floret Favorites list. The huge flower heads are loaded with a mass of ruffled, fringed petals and look more like a garden rose than a tulip. Everyone who encounters ‘Sensual Touch’ falls madly in love. A must-grow!

Details

Height: 16 to 18 in
Type: double fringed
Bloom time: late
Site: full sun

Harvesting/Vase Life

Harvest when flowers are in bud, with a hint of color showing on the outer petals. If you want to perennialize your tulips, it’s important to leave at least two sets of leaves on the stem when harvesting to replenish the bulb and give it energy to bloom the following season. Here at Floret, we treat our tulips as annuals, and pull up the entire plant, bulb and all, during harvest. For extended storage, leave the bulb attached and store upright out of water in a cooler for up to 2 weeks. When you’re ready to use the flowers, cut off the bulbs before placing in water. Keep in mind that once placed in water, fresh-picked stems will elongate during the first few days, so if you’re adding them to an arrangement, nestle the flowers down deeper than you ultimately want them to be. Expect a vase life of 7 to 10 days.

Sources

How to Grow

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