The rewards of my bulb planting.

I was browsing through  one of my French magazines  again,

if you know me, you will know I keep lots of my magazines for a long time.

This time it was the fairly new one called  ' ESPRIT d'ici '

which is now in it's 2nd year and published 4 times a year

Spring - Summer - Autumn - Winter.

It covers a wide variety of interests.

Various types of crafts, gardening and country life

 with speciality recipes from different regions of France.

 My garden is beginning to look very spring like at the moment,

as I had planted lots of Tulips last Autumn,

I was happy to see these pink tulips as a feature.

Last Autumn I planted a large bag of Tulips, 

you can see here while doing some Gentle gardening

I think there were about 60 +.

While I was tidying the shed last week,

I found these bulbs sprouting in a string bag, not sure what they are, 

so they'll be a surprise when/if they flower. 

I chose to put them in pots as I was still only doing light gardening then.

 It was easier than having to bend down & also when they've 

finished flowering I will be able to store the pot in the shed. 

This year I plan to find easy ways to garden, with not a lot of effort,

 by having lots of flowers in pots which can be 

moved around to where ever I want to brighten up a dull corner.

When the first buds opened I was a little disappointed, 

as they weren't as pale as I had thought they would be.

It's not the first time bulbs haven't produced what is shown on the label.

 After a few warm sunny days, a few of the Tulips have opened up.

I won't be picking any as they are so cheap in the local Supermarche 

I bought a few bunches to have indoors.

After a shower of rain,  the buds had closed up for the night 

I managed to capture this shot.

These were planted at the same time as the others 

but look as if they'll be flowering much later.

More expensive as they are a speciality type 

only 10 in the packet compared to 60+ in the other bag.

I'm hoping they will be worth it. I'll know in a week or two.

And finally I have to show these tulips.

I show them each spring as they were planted here
15 yrs. ago by my sons lovely Danish wife.
Each year they flower and give this golden ray of sunshine

Have you planted bulbs which you're waiting for them to bloom.
I'd love to see what you chose to plant.

à bientôt

Barbara Lilian