It’s tulip time around Casa Radiance!! Last week one tulip opened – now a lot of them. These are all the early and mid season tulips.
Seeing these makes me SO HAPPY!!!
Apricot Dreams:
Christmas Marvel:
This is a double tulip. It looks almost like a rose. Monte Carlo:
When it’s sunny, these open way up like this. They are very fragrant, too. I paired them with the Christmas Marvel:
Who says pink and yellow don’t go together??
Then the Pink Impression – these are very tall.
The fritillaria. I really like these, but the bulbs are expensive and they are finicky. 3 planted, one came up. Same as last year. Not buying any more. This plant was a big hit with the garden club that met at my house today.
More hyacinths opened up:
Pretty
I planted alliums for the first time and they have sent up buds. I can’t wait to see these (and show them to you)!
I did my tippy pot demonstration for the garden club. It’s too early for the annuals to be ready for planting (other than pansies), so these are empty. I have a set of plastic ones in the front and the terracotta ones on the side.
So cool! I can’t wait until these are full of flowers. I actually might take the pots off and paint them first. ‘Cause I need another project…
No time this weekend, though. Beautiful weather on tap and I feel a bike binge coming on! 😀
OMG – Love, love, LOVE!!! Tulips are one of my absolute favorite flowers and I am in love of your apricot ones. They are so cheerful and gorgeous. What a beautiful sight. If it were me, I’d have my nose stuck in them all day long!!! 🙂
Glad you like them! I do stand around and just smile at the garden a lot. Anyone driving by probably thinks I am a crazy person.
Your garden is so beautiful! I am horrible at planting “pretty things” because the veggie garden is so much work as it is. I did plant a bunch of marigolds in the beds with my kale and spinach because they are supposed to keep bad bugs away. We’ll see!
I would love a veggie garden, but I love flowers more and it was a choice of one or the other with the limited space we have.
SOOO PRETTY! I love the beautiful flowers you have growing. I’m slowly nurturing my green thumb 😀
Have a great weekend.
Ahhh, I love the tulips – so bright, and they just scream (well, whisper – they’re dainty) Spring!
Your tipping pot project is cool! Can’t wait to see what you end up planting in it.
Enjoy your bike-riding weekend!
Lori – LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so a NOT green thumb so I love these posts!!! I did share on my FB page a tip for keeping bugs off plants from CARE website but you probably already know it! 🙂
BEAUTIFUL & I am sure the garden club was very impressed! 🙂
Enjoy your bike riding!!!!!
Your tulips are gorgeous. I think they like your cooler weather. Are you going to show us how to make the tippy pots? Very cool!
I will do a post on the tippy pots once I get it put together.
Isn’t that such a great sight after that long and dreary winter? Sunshine is in the air! 🙂
I love the spring flowers and the tippy pots! We have a foot of snow yet on the ground after last week’s big storm. I will be waiting for instructions on how to do the pots. They will be fabulous with flowers in them!
I love tulips, because it’s like an encouragement that winter is not forever and spring IS on the way. 🙂 Yours are beautiful!
Oh, I am so jealous of your bulbs! Maybe someday, when I’m retired, I’ll have the patience and time to pursue that again.
Hi Lori! I bet people were so secretly jealous of the fritalaria (or however that’s spelled!).
🙂 Marion
So pretty! I’m so happy your garden club meeting went well. I had no doubt you’d pull it off in style, but I’m sure it was bit unnerving for you. 🙂
Did 6 miles jog /walk today down into town and had ice cream …then back home. … the prettiest part was seeing your beautiful tulips
Thank you!
Beautiful Lori!