I have just picked around seventeen different types of tulips and feel they are most definitely building up to a great crescendo of colour beginning with this big clash of colour cymbals (a mix of Aladdin, Abu Hassan, Helmar, Jan Reus, Ballerina, Gavota, Apricot Parrot, Orange Sun).
The tulip-season routine of going out as early as possible with my scissors, bucket, and camera is never a chore, always a delight when I am met by close-ups like this,
and am able to fill vases like this,
and make pick of the day line-ups like this for future reference (although I missed out a couple) so I know how to orchestrate my tulips for the loudest possible colour effect next year.
I'm so glad that you don't find it a chore to take photos and blog about them too... They really are glorious!!
Posted by: di | April 12, 2011 at 10:49
I love your blog year round, but tulip time is my favorite. Thank you thank you!!
Posted by: Donna | April 12, 2011 at 11:38
This has just been incredible! (As it is every year...)
I do believe the Parrots have been my favorites so far...
Posted by: Martha | April 12, 2011 at 13:58
Your tulips are incredible - so beautiful. The parrots look like mini cabbages almost. Where do you order your bulbs from?
Posted by: Shannon Yeaton | April 12, 2011 at 14:13
Bravo! Bravo! what a performance! Do we have to wait till next year, or is there still an encore to come? - oh I do hope so....:)
Posted by: Nicky Eglinton | April 12, 2011 at 14:51
I need to plant more tulips next year - my Queen of the Night are looking a bit pathetic now and tulips are expensive to buy in the shops - I am so jealous of your abundance of blooms!!!
Posted by: Carol | April 12, 2011 at 15:40
You are cheering me up every morning with tulip photos! Thank you!
Posted by: Pam | April 12, 2011 at 17:34
Jane your tulip photographs have been feeding my soul of late, the colours are just glorious.
Posted by: Rebecca | April 12, 2011 at 18:29
Lovely~
Posted by: Shanda | April 12, 2011 at 19:10
These glow-in-the-dark bouquets are hitting the spot on another cold and rainy day. I can almost hear the topmost tulips sizzle. I think if I had these beauties to wake up to I'd be out of bed a lot earlier than I am now.
Posted by: Mesclun | April 12, 2011 at 19:43
Beautiful
Posted by: Soili | April 12, 2011 at 20:16
Fabulous tulips! I am so jealous!
Posted by: Peony and Thistle | April 12, 2011 at 20:24
Your photos are wonderful. What a great color reference for a quilt
Posted by: Heidi | April 12, 2011 at 20:57
Beautiful tulips! They might just be my fave flower.
Posted by: Trekky | April 12, 2011 at 22:51
These tulips have colors that glow with such intensity...wow! However, the parrots are still my favorites. Like you, I love the way they develop as their blossoms open up fully.
Best wishes, and thanks for sharing your fabulous garden with the rest of us.
Posted by: Frances | April 13, 2011 at 01:32
Loving the tulip updates, thanks Jane. The parrots are absolutely gorgeous, the colours, the shapes, the combinations - stunning!
Posted by: catherine | April 13, 2011 at 02:07
I think I'm suffering from Tulip envy, just sooo gorgeous, thanks for all the delight.
Lyn
Posted by: lyn lindsay | April 13, 2011 at 10:25