10 terrific tulips for New Zealand gardensNEIL ROSS NEIL ROSS NEIL ROSS NEIL ROSS NEIL ROSS NEIL ROSS NEIL ROSS NEIL ROSS NEIL ROSS 'Spring Green' is a green-streaked viridiflora tulip. The Rotorua Tulip Festival is in full swing, and tulips are making a bright splash in gardens around the country. It's the time when many gardeners consider planting tulips - but the fact is that, in warmer parts of the country, they are often seen as a fussy luxury rather than a garden staple. supplied The Rotorua Tulip Festival runs until October 9, and will feature more than 100,000 tulips in bloom. There are the green streaks of viridiflora types; the fantastical feathered ruffles of the blowsy parrot tulips; and, most spectacular, the broken colour tulips.

Source: Stuff October 06, 2016 02:13 UTC