The tulip season has come to an end. Time to reflect. What has been top
and what was has been a flop.
Let's start with a topper. FOUR weeks bloomed tulip 'The Edge'. Okay,
they were on a secluded and dark place, but FOUR weeks! This double tulip with
white edge to the foliage, had to endure rain, hail and wind, but flourished
undeterred in the black tub. Top.
The tulips I planted in the old bulbs baskets of my grandfather has been
another top. In these baskets I planted the pink tulips 'Foxtrot' and
'Marjolein Bastin'. The colours are amazing together. They flourished for
weeks.
Any more top markings? Certainly. The border with pink tulips that I
told you about earlier (read here) now flourishes with salmon-coloured tulips. I
combined these with pink and black tulips. Add the apple blossom to this
combination and you have a mouth-watering border. Probably due to last days hot
weather, these remind me of sorbet ice; strawberry, orange and chocolate.
Mmmmm!
Then the flop. It is about my beautiful white parrot tulips. The shape,
the colour, these are all truly magnificent. The flowers are like sails in the
wind. These are quite big and heavy too. Alas, as soon as these tulips started
to bloom, every morning there were snapped flowers hanging on the stems.
How odd! Was it the wind, or maybe the neighbour’s cat that had run
through my border, or just "self-deadheading tulips"?
I have put all snapped of flowers in a vase. Meanwhile my windowsill is
full of them.
Tulipa 'The Edge' flowered for four weeks!
The old bulb baskets of my grandfather. I have planted them with Tulipa 'Foxtrot' and 'Marjolein Bastin'
Mouthwatering border, 'Menton', 'Rosalie' and 'Continental'.
The white tulips. Tulipa 'Maureen' (75 cm!!) is doing great. But the parrot tulip 'Madonna'.........
.........is a "self-deadheading" tulip!
It is beautiful one.
But meanwhile I have a windowsill full of them
Another fiery top combination 'Mistic Garant' and 'Conqueror'.
The choice of the public: 'Flaming Flag', 'Purple Flag' and 'Purple Dream'.
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Fantastic pictures. It is a wonderful garden. I mostly love the bench with asll the blossomsaroungd. A dream!
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susa
Beautiful tulips.
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/Marika
Wonderful tulips.
ReplyDeleteI especially like the photo with the bank and the flowers.
Greetings, Karin