Last Year’s Tulips

Hi Lovelies,

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He likes coming outside with me, but I couldn’t help take a picture when he fell asleep on the job – while still sitting up.

By now you’ve probably figured out that it’s very rare that I do anything without procrastinating for as long as possible first. That means I haven’t even ordered or bought my tulip bulbs. Technically, I could be planting them right now, but it’s not exactly a secret that I’m waiting on them to go on sale. With this in mind, I thought it would be fun to show you some of the tulips that were grown last year! I hope you enjoy!

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‘Dior Double Early’ Tulip – This one was terrible in my garden. Is Mr. Dior aware of this mess? I’m not growing this one again.
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‘Blue Spectacle Double Early’ Tulip – This one isn’t as bad, but I’m not growing this one again, either. The doubles were a complete strike out last year.
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This one was a winner. This one is ‘Brest Double Fringed’ Tulip. It’s the only one of the doubles I would grow again if I ran into bulbs somewhere.
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My cheap mix was filled with reds and yellows, still lovely though.
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Red and yellow tulips rocking in this bouquet. Doesn’t this look like something you’d see in an elementary school. I love the primary colors, they make it seem so happy!
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April floods bring May flowers?
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I love spring. More of ‘Mixed Darwin’ tulips that I got on sale for .08 cents each. Win!
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I like planting my tulips really close together, it just makes things look so much nicer. Plus, it’s easier to plant and pick! In a very small space I was able to plant over 1000 bulbs.
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Dark purple ‘Queen of the Night’ in action. I was pleasantly surprised to see how much I liked these.
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‘Mondial’ Tulip – I liked the overall look of these, but the flowers were just too small and refused to open any larger than this. Totally disappointing.
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So lovely. Here’s a close up of ‘Queen of the Night’.

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5 thoughts on “Last Year’s Tulips

  1. I can’t wait to get some bulbs set out. Like you, I procrastinate. Red tulips were my dads favorite so I would like to plant a small bed with only varieties of them. I love those Queen of the Night. They are beautiful.

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