Wow!!! I’ve just looked this beauty up and what a brilliant surprise. The next of the Tulip bulbs in my box of delights.
I have potted these ten bulbs up but when I read up about them they are apparently perennial and so good to naturalise so here’s hoping I can get them into the garden eventually. They look lovely.
Christmas Present – Tulip – Amazing Grace
A new variety from Farmer Gracy, these were some of the bulbs given to me by Sean and Deb in December. I had no idea until I looked them up what these tulips would look like. They are similar to peony in shape and colour. They are tucked up now in a new pot with some nice new compost. My sort of Christmas present. You can’t beat spring bulbs for new hope and a promise of beautiful things to come.
Today is new years day 2025. It feels so futuristic to me and the blink of an eye since 1956, when I wrote my name in my pristine rough book at the local grammar school. A massive thing for me as my parents weren’t well off and uniform and equipment were a bit out of our reach. I was desperate to go to that school though and I shall never know what a struggle it was for them to get my things together but as always they didn’t let me down. That school, those times, my family and the world I grew up in made me who I am today.
This is my eightieth year and although there have been some ups and downs I’m still here and reasonably healthy. The world is a very different place for my grandchildren to grow up in and I do worry about them.
I planted another of the bare root roses from Aldi in a large pot today. It is Rosa Arthur Bell, a beautiful fragrant yellow rose. I planted some yellow tulip bulbs around it. Tulip Yokohama and a few small bulbs of Brodiaea. Update: I lost this rose. I’m not sure if it was because of the weather or that I put too many bulbs in the pot with it.
I have planted this Rose this morning, Monday 10th October. It is in a large pot with some Tulip bulbs. It’s one chosen by Kelly and looks a beautiful colour. I am looking forward to June next year and living in the hope of some lovely Roses.
Large flowering Hybrid Tea rose. Slightly fragrant, well-shaped blooms of a lovely blend of tangerine and copper are produced throughout the summer and autumn. Foliage is a glossy green with hints of bronze. Ideal as a cut flower. Hardy. Information and picture from Rumwood Nurseries.