Tulips

The tulips have been lovely.  Above are Brown Sugar (new bulbs planted last Autumn).

Ballerina with the sun shining through the petals. These are a few years old and are in the border.

Ronaldo - new bulbs last Autumn and a lovely contrast with the oranges.

Brown Sugar in the sunshine.

Danceline which is either two or three years old. They were caught by the late frost last year but have now been planted in the border.

Here's Danceline again, but a little more open now.

Ballerina looking so colourful...

At the front door, I usually have a pot of tulips - different ones each year.  This year it is Finola, which is a double late tulip.  It is quite incredible!

They have grown in quite interesting angles, but the flowers are very blowsy and do remind me of the old Dutch Masters paintings of tulips.

Here they are in from of the Choisya White Dazzler, which after being repotted last year has sprung into life and has been flowering beautifully.

Finally, these beautiful white tulips were a belated birthday gift from a friend and I really enjoyed having tulips inside the house as well as outside!