At the end of last summer I bought a fairly large zinc planter, the aim of which was to plant orange begonias in for the shady courtyard in summer. Meanwhile I filled it with spring bulbs. First it was full of the lovely dark purple Iris reticulata ‘Dijt’, followed by a few random narcissus from the previous year and now 30 tulip bulbs that were free with my bulb order from J Parkers. I have no idea what kind they are other than ‘long stemmed mixed pack’, but they are very beautiful in shades of red, pink, pale ivory and purple. Normally I am not a fan of mixed bright colours, but these seem to work well. The needle-like foliage from the irises that flowered in February provide a nice contrast to the wider tulip leaves.
Whilst we are confined to #StayAtHome I will be posting photos from around my house and garden to hopefully cheer us all up.
Cornwall in Colours 
What a gorgeous burst of colour, Jude!
They can’t be missed! When they were the only tulips flowering they looked good, now the rest are joining in it’s a bit gaudy.
Oh, a bit of lively colour never hurt
Those colours will definitely cheer us up!
They are somewhat in your face! But the green container and all the greenery at the base certainly helps to calm things down.
Gorgeous, cheerful colours, Jude. I love tulips. 🙂
Plenty to share with you Sylvia – I probably have well over a hundred!
Sometimes a mixture works well, as in your planter. I love Tulip Time
Well since these were free and have been flowering since mid March I cannot complain. And they do seem to suit this planter well.
Wow – that’s a zingy combination! 😁
Zingy is an appropriate word!
So gorgeous!
Seems like most people love the mix of colours. I wasn’t so sure, but they have grown on me as have the pure yellow tulips now they are fully open. I shall show them in a different post.
How gorgeous, Jude. Tulips are so cheerful flowers to us and this abundance is a joy to watch. Great idea with a mix in this planter. I wanted to get a big zinc planter filled with geraniums to put on the remains of our eucalyptus trunk, but it will have to wait. The warm weather lately has been a bliss for the garden. I think this must be nicest spring I have had in England so far. Weather-wise. Sigh.
Happy easter to you both. xx
April is often lovely down here, but August is often horrible. I do like spring and I do like tulips (which accounts for the fact I have well over a hundred this year) The zinc planter is lovely and I will buy another one when I can. The begonias however will have to wait until next year. Hope you are all doing OK during this troublesome time, I suppose you can actually walk to the beach from your house if you feel safe. Plenty of salt marsh to roam around in. Love to KB and the Bookfayries 👨👩👧👧 💖
The colours look so bright and cheerful 🙂