Unfortunately my garden is still covered in snow. It’s been melting slowly, but at this rate it’s going to take at least a month before it’s totally gone. Sigh …
When the snow does finally disappear, beauties like these fringed tulips will make an appearance. I think these are my favorite tulips. Well, I’m also partial to Angelique tulips as well with their soft pink double petaled flowers.
How is your garden doing? Are you in a warmer area or are you still buried under snow like me?
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Having been raise in the subtropical climate of Santa Barbara on the Left Coast, I still have this deep seated guilt for all you folks who don’t have year-round growing seasons. Then I look at a photo like your tulip fantasy and I realize we couldn’t grow a good tulip to save our two lips.
The other person’s grass is always greener (which is fine provided you irrigate responsibly and don’t use chemical fertilizers and herbicides like those Scott’s products that are so toxic). I took some liberties with the original quote.
BG
These are some really cool tulips! I have never seen this variety before. Where did you get the bulbs?
I have my first fringed tulips coming up sometime this spring, now if I can only remember where. Those fancy stakes for labeling plants look so tidy and I always think the gardeners that place them must be so very knowledgeable and organized. But I am not there yet, maybe when I retire I will have time to be so anal. For now, I know I planted those fringed tulips somewhere!
It was close to 90 degrees here today. Hot enough to cause the wildflowers to give it up, so after spending our spring picking weeds, I’ll spend the next few weeks picking dead wildflowers by the thousands! Sometimes snow sounds good. Happy Easter.
Aiyana