Guarded within the old red wall’s embrace,
Marshaled like soldiers in gay company,
The tulips stand arrayed.
~Excerpt from
a poem by Amy Lowell
Sooooo, every week when we go to the grocery story, I buy one of those little bunches of cut flowers to set on the shelf near my computer. But this last week they had a pot of tulips on sale for $5.00 and they looked like they might be very pretty ones when they fully opened up. So I saved myself some money and brought the bargain, potted tulips home. And every day I have watched as they slowly but surely opened up into a very pretty species indeed. And here’s the thing, since I’ve tried and tried planting tulip bulbs in the ground with little to no luck at all, (actually this year I did get one to come up and bloom. It wasn’t very big but it was pretty) now I’m wondering, if I planted these that are already in soil in the pot instead of more bulbs in the fall, that they might actually come up next year and bloom for me. Okay, okay, before any of you gardening gurus out there have reasons to shoot holes in my theory, just let them lie and allow me to find out the folly of it for myself. That way I’ll have a whole year to look forward to their coming before my hopes are dashed again and I am once again “tulipless.” Also should any of you feel compelled to ask why I don’t just go out and cut flowers from my garden instead of buying ones each week, let me just say that I’m greedy and can’t stand for any of my babies to be “murdered.” And yes, I am also aware that the ones I buy have been “murdered,” but hey, that was someone else’s bad choice not mine.
Flowers heal me. Tulips make me happy. I keep myself surrounded by them… ~Excerpt from a line by Rebecca Wells
…the cheerful heart has a continual feast. ~Excerpt from Proverbs 17:22 ✝
Sacred Touches 
She is a uniquely beautiful tulip. I understand about not wanting to cut those you have nurtured. If I cut flowers from my yard, I try to time it so that they are almost done.
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And I will cut and bring them if the stems get broken or if a storms threatens to rip them apart. 👍😊❤️
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Wonderful!! Great job:)))
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Thank you! 👍😊❤️
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There is no flower that is not beautiful Natalie, including your lovely Tulip.
I wish you success with your idea, let us know how it works. xo
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You’re so right Patricia! Thanks, I will, 👍😊❤️
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tulips are my favorite flower–preferring to receive a bouquet of tulips rather than roses any ol day—and I too have struggled planting tulips…as well as hyacinth—stunned, stumped, struggling—so buying pre-potted bulbs and enjoying them inside for a couple of weeks, waiting and watching is as good as it gets 🙂
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Maybe that’s what I should do every year! 😊❤️🌷
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Lovely tulips you’ve found Natalie and thanks for sharing your flower obsession. XD I’m enjoying your flowers and photos more than ever not having my garden this year. blessings, Brad
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Oh I’m glad my “babies” are filling in until you have some of your own again! 🌷🌹
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Truly a beautiful post and your little stunted one is too.
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Thank you V! 🌷
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