You win some, you lose some

Pin It

The small town garden is a jolly sight for most parts of the year. I had called round at the beginning of April and all was well at the front: the Angel's Fishing Rod (Dierama Pulcherrimum) had survived the winter and the tulip foliage was plentiful and healthy. These are the original tulips planted when the front was overhauled and this would be their third spring.

Orange Princess

Pin It

   

Shame about the rainy weather when I took this photograph as it really does not do its object justice.

This gem of a tulip is 'Orange Princess', a sport from the fabulous 'Princess Irene'. It is a frilly, double tulip which flowers in April/May and has a gorgeous warm nasturtium-orange colouring with garnet markings.

Orange Sun

Pin It

I have been dodging the (much needed) showers for much of last week, hence the lack of pictures. 

So when last week the sun came out after heavy rain, I happened to be working and had my camera in the car, I got to take this picture of Tulip 'Orange Sun'.  

Weekend Eye Candy

Pin It

Tulip 'Ballade'/Narcissi 'Manly'

Top Tulips

Pin It

I was asked here a while back about my favourite tulip. Since perusing tulip catalogues is a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine or should I say a much loved research task, this is a difficult question for me. There are simply so many that I like, I will share my current favourites with you.

A new face

Pin It

A few days ago I blogged about the small town garden. Well I returned today and have hopefully some better pictures to share. I will also show how the tiny frontage looks.