Rainbows and tulips

There was a beautiful rainbow the other day and I just managed to catch it.

All too soon it melted away.

I finally got round to planting my new tulips last weekend.  It took me a while as I had to empty the pots of the summer plants, redistribute the compost and then fill the pots again.  I had Queen of Night, Ronaldo, my favourite Ballerina and a new variety to me called Danceline (they are the big bulbs in the paper bag).

Here's Danceline  (photo from the W. Hyde website, which is where I bought mine from).

This is Ronaldo from my garden a few years ago (with Princess Irene).

Here's Ballerina, again from a year or two ago, because last year the bulbs didn't flower at all (I blame the really cold weather we had in late February).  I have put Ballerina and Ronaldo together this time as I think the colours work together well.  It was a lovely sunny day and I always feel that planting bulbs is a positive thing to do - to look forward to Spring.