2 With blossom: Triumph and Single Early Tulips with Malus 'Golden Hornet'
Try planting them in long grass with an umbellifer such as cow parsley (kept in check by the grasses). In this combination, vivid tulips such as 'Negrita', 'Blue Diamond' and 'Purple Prince' add intense shots of colour to the pale-pink and off-white varieties 'Don Quichotte' and 'White Dream'.
Although the idea of pastel-pink tulips in grass might sound saccharine, this colour combination works perfectly, toning in with the crab apple buds and blossom.
