MORE TULIPS AND SOME BETTER WEATHER

Thankfully we had some better gardening weather this week.  Dryer, sunnier and warmer.  The garden waste bins (I have two) are nearly full four days after they were emptied.  I have another 10 days to go before they are emptied again.  That's how much weeding I've done.  I could show you a picture of some of them, but I'd have to explain that they did really grow like that in just a week, honestly, and you wouldn't believe me.

So on to the pretty stuff then.  This tulip  is 'Mieke Telkamp'.  I thought that sounded like someone's name, and indeed it is.  She was a Dutch singer famous for her version of Amazing Grace aparently.  That was a bit before my time though.  It has quite a short stem, so not the most elegant, but it has a lovely peachy flush to the base of the petals.

In this border in the front garden, I decided to add some daffodils last year to give a bit of colour before the tulips.  They have of course, only just opened.  I have Thalia in a couple of places in the garden already, so I choose something different for this space.

Or so I thought ,,,,,

I chose 'Tresamble' and it has two flowers per stem like Thalia, hangs it's head like Thalia and may just have a slightly more flared cup than Thalia.

                   

Back to tulips again and here is 'Rems Favourite'.  I do love a stripy tulip and I realise that I should photograph them against an inky dark backdrop to evoke a Dutch Old Master painting. Look- it's Purple 💜.

The crab apple blossom opened in the sun this week.  I do love that stage when some are still wrapped up in their bright pink buds, but that moment was over very quickly.  

Look at the colour of that sky!  We haven't seen enough of that blue.

Down in the woodland the trunks of the trees look so beautiful when the sun falls on them and they throw their shadows across the ground.

Erythronium Pagoda is flowering with its golden yellow lily like flowers.

And finally we will finish with more tulips.  You know you buy the fancy ones and you know they will be a one hit wonder, but you leave them in the pot and shove them in a corner because you can't quite bear to through them away?  These ones have come back for a second year to my surprise.   Perhaps they enjoyed the baking they got last Summer.  The dark flower with the copper edges is Tulip Slawa.

I have some more tulips to bore you with but they will have to wait for another week as I have now run out of room.  Thank you for reading and I hope to see you next week.

Don't forget all the Six on Saturday posts can be found on Garden Ruminations where Jim collates all our garden ramblings.