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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Tulips in the spring

The tulips are not quite blooming here yet - but they are blooming in my dreams. These tulips are all from California - in gardens I had when we lived there. I adore tulips and can't have them here because the deer eat them like candy. There is hardly anything sadder than coming out the door on a lovely spring day to look at the flowers and finding all the heads bitten off the tulips - sad indeed. So no tulips here - but we can enjoy that California tulips. Come along - they are waiting for you.

I love red and white tulips together . . .




These red tulips were in a window box - they really perked up the house - and we could see them from the dining room table.



Tulips in a raised bed, with borage growing outside the bed . . .


And who can resist yellow tulips along a picket fence?
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7 comments:

  1. Sharon T in NapaFebruary 20, 2010 at 9:11 PM

    LOVE them Jo!!! I remember watching a beautiful poppy coming up, up , up and just ready to bloom. I was still working night shift, so I would say good morning to it as I walked passed it on my way in the house. I went to bed, got up in the afternoon, walked outside and it had been "weeded"......sad, sad, sad.....

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  2. MrsQuiltsFebruary 20, 2010 at 9:28 PM

    Jo, I also adore tulips. Haven't got much of a garden but if I did....tulips would be the thing. Our Aussie climate isn't that good for them. Your photos are very peaceful. I also love putting tulip shapes into my applique.
    Thanks for the photos they are just lovely!
    Kathryn

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  3. PatFebruary 21, 2010 at 4:47 AM

    How pretty to see these while it's still so cold here. I had bulbs that had their greenery about 3 inches above ground before we had our 30+ inches of snow. I hope they have managed to stay "well" under all this snow.

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  4. CrispyFebruary 21, 2010 at 5:12 AM

    I love tulips too but it's rare that they actually bloom here, they just get the heads formed and then we get a hard freeze.

    Crispy

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  5. MaryFebruary 21, 2010 at 6:28 AM

    Hi Joann - I loved them too, my favorites being Pink Impression and Queen of the Night......with purple pansies mixed in. I have problems with the squirrels biting off the heads too - it's so upsetting!!

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  6. LINDA BYLSMAFebruary 21, 2010 at 8:03 AM

    At least you get to enjoy the deer. I hope? Hey, the tulips in Skagit County will be early this year!!!! Very late last year.

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  7. LiliFebruary 21, 2010 at 8:36 AM

    Aren't they beautiful! I love tulips too. We used to have quite a few when we lived in the midwest, but the red ones would revert to yellow sometimes, never could figure that out. ~Lili

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