Tulip Preview

This is 'Shirley'

Muscari has done very well this year. 

Not a Muscari River, but I do have Puddles.

The last time I had significant Tulips. 2007, I think. Iceland Poppies at right.

Flaunting my Flowers at Tootsie Time.

Tiptoe to the Tulips

I can hardly wait for tulips to bloom, first in three years I've tried.

I moved them outside because it gets so warm in the greenhouse.

At night I move the tulips inside again because of the squirrels.

Baby Buffy ate the last tulips I planted. She's better behaved now.

Kalanchoe in almost full bloom. I rooted 2 pieces that broke off.

The blue hyacinths are done. I planted them in the garden, along with all

some were planted in stones and water or pinch-waist glasses of water.

These did equally well in water and stones as those in soil.

Next year I plan to plant all in soil so they are in better shape to

go in the garden once blooms fade.

Lantana montevidensis cuttings for planting out early.

Three little pieces broke off my Epiphyllum. They rooted easily

and have new growth already. The piece in the center was very

yellow. I almost threw it away. Once it rooted, it greened up.

Pink Hyacinths are blooming in the garden as well, along with

some Blue Delft. Some are barely out of the ground. Hyacinths

have a long season if you use several cultivars.

Flaunting my Flowers this Friday. Check with Tootsie to see what else is blooming around the world this Fertilizer Friday.

Flowers and text are from the garden of Nell Jean blogged on Dotty Plants Journal in cool, humid Southwest Georgia.

It Could Happen

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For the first time in years, there are no tulips here. Well, there are no tulip blooms here. Some old ones from previous years were brave enough to send up leaves.

Maybe next year, maybe just a few purple....
Hyacinths in the second and third photos returned this year; a better investment but they're not tulips.