These bright tulips caught my eye just now as I ventured briefly into the garden to open up the greenhouse and let the air in. I photographed them on a much brighter day some time ago and they are still flowering magnificently. They are part of a 'bright' collection of tulip bulbs that I planted last autumn and now I know that all that bending and scooping out of soil was worth it. This brought to mind the municipal flower beds around the town and the amazing displays of tulips this year. I keep meaning to email the Parks Dept, or whatever they're called, to tell them just how uplifting it is as you approach Sandgate to see the flower bed just by the old primary school, and others in the area. A must on today's 'to do' list.
The all too brief season of cherry blossom in our garden is almost at an end with the white tree up in the top garden now completely flower free and the large pink tree outside our living room window, already shedding its petals with each gust of wind. Experience has taught me that it's best, as with the leaf drop later in the year, to let all the blossom fall before attempting to sweep it up. Hopefully by then a lot has just blown away too!
Another job on today's list is to plant out my sweetpeas which are actually looking a little faded at present. Looking back at my records I see that I was already cutting flowers on 15 May 2008 so I have obviously been a bit dilatory this year. I have no excuse, so today's the day, and fingers crossed they recover and go on to blooming success.
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