WHEN IT'S SPRING AGAIN I'll BRING AGAIN...............

lovely collection there dotty, i love them and only had a few this year but will have more next tiem , great pics to ;o))

Gosh San that was quick, not watching the footie then....lol glad you liked them.

Lovelyselection there ... I'm becoming a Tulip fan too, since I was given 'Negrita' and 'Shirley' varieties. One 'Negrita' (purple) one snapped on the stem, I put the bloom in a glass of water and can't believe how BIG it'sopened up! : o )

I always like to see lots of tulips and they come in so many colours,shapes and sizes now. You have a lovely show there Dd........

On Gardeners World last night they showed a gorgeous white one called 'Honeymoon', I think I might need some of those for next year !

Grand show there Dots.

You have a wonderful variety Dotty, I like the ones with the striped leaves.

You don't do things by half, do you? Some real beauties there. ;-))

Brilliant Dotty...some great varieties...onwards and upwards !

They really are most beautiful, Dd! They look just like the illustrations in a bulb catalogue! You didn't cheat, did you? LOL!

great photos..

We were only saying tonight how many more tulips seem to be about this year!

Great pics.....

Lol Balcony I am flattered, changed the setting on my camera, sometimes it does help to read the manual.......BB thanks, another addiction I am afraid....Barbara it's all or nothing, lol...Megan forgot to put a white one on, will add it tomorrow,
Dawn, Elsiemay, Val, Lincs, and Megan glad you all liked them.

Lovely varieties....I got a few new ones this season too....

Lovely specimens there Dotty, looks like you'll be continuing with them. Will they all re-grow next year? I could be wrong but I think some don't, hope all of yours do. Did you see the frosted ones on GW last Friday?, I like the red and yellow goblet type but have to say the frosted ones were quite special. Max bygraves, Arr that takes me back lol

Is it best to remove tulip bulbs when they have died back? Do i have to wait for them to die back completely or can I remove bulb and cut to base of leaf once the flower head has fallen away? So many questions.....

Lovely blog, Dd and amazing photos too.

lol dotty was just having a quick catch up before film lol, its getting harder to keep up now we are all in the garden working ;o))
Dan you need to let them feed on the leaves before cutting back a few weeks and also feed them along with daffs when flowers are gone so you get good flowering next year, its up to you if you take them up or leave them in, im not sure which to do myself yet, richard takes his up and puts in paper bags, then hangs them up like washing out of the way which i though was a good idea, keeps them dry to ;o))

tulip bulb mustbe baked in sun as much as possble-they love it

nice tulip colours.

You have a lovely collection DD. :o)

Just caught up with this blog, Deida. Seeing your latest photos made me decide I must try some next year! I will have to put them in pots though so will start off with just a couple :)

dotty... Gee your getting your D`s mixed up

Whoops, so I am - Sorry DD2 :) My excuse is my sunrise outing this morning!!

Gee I have been called worse...lol OddB San has answered your question, we get ours up and store them in the shed, we also grow several in pots as well, as a back up, I shall still buy more this Autumn,(just in case we lose some) a little tip to all if you have squirrel problems plant them with hot chilli pepper....it works. Heron I did see the ones on GW, and they are on the wish list, glad someone remembers good old Max lol
Thanks all for your comments.

you just can't beat the beauty of tulips :)

Good pics Dotty :o)

Thanks San, Derek & Dotty.

I shall be leaving some in and most up in bags I guess but may put them in sun as well on some days during summer!!

I call that 'going overboard' - and I'm very glad you did - they're beautiful. I've got quite a few in pots this year and dithering about whether to plant them or not. I remember the Marchioness of Salisbury saying you should plant them at least nine inches deep for them to reliably survive. Anybody else heard this?

OHs job he says they should be planted two and a half times the size of the bulb.....thanks TT Grindle and Wagger.

I saw the frosted Tulips on GW this afternoon. I thought they were lovely, too! I'd love to have some of these on my balcony! LOL!

this is the first garden where I can plant lots of bulbs and I am 'slowly' increasing the ones I grow.
there are some beauties here dd2. and some that I am growing too. :o)

Thanks Seaburngirl, have just noticed there are some more to come, so will tag them on later.

wagger- at nine inches deep hte bulbs will no get baked in sumer- no good i thinkin- dd2 seem to hav rite thinkin- if you wory bout frost,dig htem up in autum- i do, it work well for me :)

Thanks for that Derek. (They certainly haven't been 'baked' the past two summers, lol.)

You really must stop doing this DD2, between you and Louise with her Irises, I`m in a spin, where can I find enough room for Tulips and Irises. They really are eye openers.

Sorry Stroller.......it is awful isnt it, we get hooked and that is that just no hope.lol

They are nice in bud. You have quite a lot of lovely ones. I always put them somewhere shady to try and make them last a bit longer

Oh Dotty what a beautiful collection and very inspiring indeed, I have never seen the appeal of tulips before...... I will be looking for a little spot for some myself!!

yep def goana do sum this year .urs r lovely

Hywel you are right they do last a lot longer out of the sun, thanks BC there is a tulip to suit all tastes, Homebird that is Angelique my favourite too.....Cristina glad you liked them.

What are the ones called that are second from the bottom - Gorgeous tulips, any tips for a first time grower?

Hi Annelise do you mean the black ones? 1-19 which number?

Hi DD No 18 also 1 & 8.

When did you plant the bulbs - Oct? Did you plant yours two and a half times the size of your bulbs. I thought you could leave the bulbs in all year round and thought that's easy enough, but just read about people digging them up?

Hi Annelise no 1 is Negrita.......8 is Shirley....and 18 Turkestanica. They were planted by OH at that depth, and we do take most of them up and store them in a shed (a bit of a pain) you can leave them in but then you have to remember where they are lol and not plant on top of them.......we planted them in October, unfortunately all those were early flowering (the cold has kept them flowering longer this year) we have a few parrot ones to come out, those we leave in the border.