Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Tulipmania

Okay, well, the mania is mine. I love tulips and I've been planting them for a few years in my garden. Mostly the front yard, but I have a few out back, too.

Tulip Group

In keeping with the purpose of this blog, being my garden journal, I am going to use this post to document the many varieties of tulip that bloom (or still bloom) in my garden. I plant new varieties every year, but they don't all return. So this is a record of what's blooming in Spring 2008.



Yellow-Orange Tulips
I Kept Three as an Exception to My Purple and White Theme

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Pink Diamond
Only Two Tiny Ones Blooming this Year

Pink Diamond TulipPink Diamond in Sunlight


Zurel Tulips
Still a Few Small Ones Blooming

Zurel Tulips from Above


Pink Fountain (Fringed Tulip)
Only One Small One Bloomed

Pink Fountain


Shirley's Dream
I Planted a Lot of These, So There Are Plenty

Shirley's Dream


Jackpot
Only Two Tiny Ones Blooming

The Last Jackpot


Raika
They Keep Coming Back!

Raika


Blue Heron (Fringed Tulip)
Two or Three of These Are Left

Blue Heron


Dark Purple Parrot
A Few of These Bloomed From Last Year's Planting

Parrot Tulip in Dark Purple


Possibly 'Ballade'
I Keep Replacing 'Ballade' with Lookalikes, So I'm Not Sure

Ballade
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7 comments:

Lisa said...

Beautiful flowers! I can never have enough tulips.

Blackswamp_Girl said...

Wow... what beautiful tulips. 'Jackpot' is my favorite, I think.

Naturegirl said...

Karen I adore the parrot tulips! Have never seen the color purple! Your collection of tulips are simply beautiful!Happy gardening! Havn't been here in some time as I winter in Arizona..saw so many breathtaking Spring blossoms on cacti! :)NG

Ewa said...

Karen,
Your tulipmania is very reach in colors and forms :) They are hwircdmmbeautiful.
I decided to digg out this year some of mines, to give them extra bonus :) kind of holiday :)

reademandweap said...

So beautiful! Can almost smell the air in your garden. And the black mulch looks sharp--could use a bunch of that at home.

Anonymous said...

beautiful!
my tulips have done incredibly well this, the dafs not so much. i do have a deep purple one, which i actually didn't plant, that has come up this year, i keep looking at my neighbors to see who planted the rest of them. it looks incredible with the yellow ones i actually planted.
bsts

Kerri said...

Now I remember the name of my pinkish-purple fringed tulips - Blue Heron. Thank you :) I love your pale pink one too.
The photo at the top with those deep red tulips against the vinca is glorious. Wow!
Your tulip collection is wonderful! I particularly love the 'Ballade'.