Musing with Max

Musing with Max

April 22, 2013

Spring (finally) flowers in the house

For years whenever anyone would ask which was my favorite flower I would always say without any hesitation, the tulip. I don't know if it was because I was always awestruck by those beautiful pictures of fields filled with tulips as far as the horizon, usually taken in Holland ---so I suspect cute wooden shoes may have had something to do with that also. Maybe it was because I grew up in Miami, and although you can grow lots of beautiful flowers there you can't grow tulips in that sandy soil. Maybe it was because they are short lived. Or maybe it was just because they are so dang pretty. These days if I were asked the same question I'm not so sure I would answer the same way.  All the years I've been gardening I've discovered, and continue to discover, so many beautiful flowers that the tulip has become a little pedestrian. Or has it?

I think the first thing I planted in my current garden were tulip bulbs. Red ones. In the front yard underneath the pegee hydrangea and the crepe myrtle. I didn't plant enough though, I want it to be a mini field. Every year I say I will fill the area with tulip bulbs in the Fall, and every year I don't. By the time the Fall comes around I'm a bit gardened out. Maybe this will be the year. I.say.again.....

In the meantime though I'll bring some inside for Jane's Flowers in The House invitation and see if we can start this week on a positive note.




11 comments:

  1. Amelia, I'm so glad to see you here today.

    I know your life has gotten busier and you don't have as much time to be messing about on boats or rather blogs.

    So your share is especially precious to me as is your tulip and your pictorial sentiments.

    Everybody is making me cry today.

    xo jane

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  2. Beautiful tulips, and that red is stunning! I do think our childhood experiences with flowers colors our adult choices.

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  3. pretty red ones!
    I am waiting for you to come to the Basque Country ;)

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  4. Its so nice to see such an abundance of spring colour popping up on everyones blogs and your racing red tulips are the cherry on the cake.
    Paul

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  5. They look stunning - each one beautiful in its own right. When people ask me for my favourite I automatically say a rose - but then if I stop to think there are so many other contenders and it could take some time! Nice to meet you x Jane

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    1. Very nice meeting you. Thank you for stopping by. Yes, I agree, so many flowers so little time!

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  6. Me alegro mucho, por fin, ¿No?


    Marina

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  7. oh that last photo...just stopped me.

    i think red tulips are my favorite!

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  8. Red tulips are so pure. They're a true pop of color. Just one in a room would be the focal point!

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  9. Pretty, pretty. Tulips seems so unimpressive in their cellophane wrappers. They need to brought home and set free and allowed to do what they want to do to reach their most wonderful tulipness. Whatever the hell that means...but I think you know.

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  10. I agree with Urban Cottage. The ones in the stores don't really inspire but the ones growing out there in total neglect and returning every year are totally inspiring and definitely have that splendid tulipness!

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