wow. They all look gorgeous! I resisted the urge to plant Tulips this year - I don't think I get enough sun for them and in the past they have tended to come up very lanky and flop over. Now very slightly jealous
It's definitely a clusiana type, I think it was 'Lady Jane'. Peppermint Stick which is similar and which I've also planted is whiter, I think. This one has a slight creaminess to it.
They are very pretty and in the right soil (which I don't have) they will persist quite well because they are a species type. I love the extreme open/close they have. All tulips do that to some extent, of course, but these seem so exuberantly joyful when the sun is on them they make me smile the same way seeing someone else laugh can make you smile.
I may be odd
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
wow. They all look gorgeous! I resisted the urge to plant Tulips this year - I don't think I get enough sun for them and in the past they have tended to come up very lanky and flop over. Now very slightly jealous
Love the yellow one Runny.
3 more little species tulips out today:
and some large pastel coloured ones:
I can't generally keep tulips in the garden. The resident rodents - both earth bound and tree dwelling - treat them as a handy snack
These two are the only survivors of twenty that I planted
The ones in pots have done better though. Think I have 19 left out of that batch of 20
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Beautiful photos from everybody ????. Giving me lots of ideas for next year.
I love the mix of dark and pale purple with the white in Patsy's pic ? that's a fab colour combo I'd like to try myself.
It's definitely a clusiana type, I think it was 'Lady Jane'. Peppermint Stick which is similar and which I've also planted is whiter, I think. This one has a slight creaminess to it.
They are very pretty and in the right soil (which I don't have) they will persist quite well because they are a species type. I love the extreme open/close they have. All tulips do that to some extent, of course, but these seem so exuberantly joyful when the sun is on them they make me smile the same way seeing someone else laugh can make you smile.
I may be odd
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
All four types flowering away now in the back garden.
II'm not so keen on the Black Parrot ones.