We have had a rather stunning Tulip display in the front yard for about 6 years now. I started by planting red and white tulips staggered in concentric circles in the figure 8 garden. Those individual bulbs have
multiplied quite a bit over the years.
This Fall we decided to add to the display, without removing any of the current bulbs. Red and yellow Tulips are easy to come by and are a common color scheme. I was adamant that we didn't do something common. We looked into different colors that we could add to our red and white to make a nice theme. We decided to add a couple of pinks and purples to the mix. It will be a sort of Valentine's mix of colors.
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| New tulip colors being added for next spring. |
We are adding about 60 bulbs this year - 15 Apricot Impressions, 15 Purple Flag, 15 Pink Impressions and 12-15 Lilac bulbs that my in-laws bought in the Netherlands.
I'm excited to see how these bulbs complement our Spring display next year. We were also careful to pick Tulip styles that match our existing contingent of Darwin hybrids. The added bulbs didn't have to be Darwins, but we didn't want to add a bunch of different heights and frilly shapes to our existing display.
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| Bulbs laid out carefully between the circles of existing bulbs and ready to plant. |
Future modifications will probably mean that we'll have to dig up bulbs and replace them with different colors. The other option would be to have an "anything goes" bed of Tulips, but for now we're going for more of a planned look and I think it has been working really well. We've even had a couple of neighbors ask if they could use our Tulip bed for photo shoots with their kids. We were happy to oblige! That's what it's all about - having others enjoy our Tulip bed.
