No you’re not alone, the parrots upstairs will be left until the bitter end, but I need this vase for another batch. So many tulips, so little time! Note to self – get more vases next year.
I’m so interested in why they die in different ways. Last week’s tulips from my garden literally turned themselves inside out, but the ones I got from the shop just withered. I suspect it’s something to do with how fresh they are when they go in the vase, and whether or not they have been stored well in the shop.
How funny, I’d been thinking exactly the same thing. One of the two pink tulips – either Barcelona or Don Quichotte – remains steadfastly upright, getting taller each day, and just drops its petals, whilst the other one goes in for a bit more drama, but neither of them is as spectacular as the Couleur Cardinal, the red one, or either of the parrot tulips. So I was thinking that it must the type of tulip, or division as I think they are called – parrot, Darwin Hybrid, Triumph, Greigii and so on. I expect I could google it…
I always leave them till there’s barely anything left, I think some flowers, tulips and peonies in particular, has a certain charm in every stage of their bloom.
By the way, I’ve been reading your blog for a few months now, and it brightens my day a little every time you post something! Thank you!
Hi Elise, I do agree with you about tulips and peonies, and thank you so much for the lovely comment about the blog – it brightened a very grey, wet morning.
I think these tulips have probably had it now.
No, no, you have to keep them until all the petals have dropped off! Or is that just me?
No you’re not alone, the parrots upstairs will be left until the bitter end, but I need this vase for another batch. So many tulips, so little time! Note to self – get more vases next year.
They have a seductive decadence to them at this stage. I’d give them another few days.
I totally agree – the smell from the water is not quite as seductive though!
I’m so interested in why they die in different ways. Last week’s tulips from my garden literally turned themselves inside out, but the ones I got from the shop just withered. I suspect it’s something to do with how fresh they are when they go in the vase, and whether or not they have been stored well in the shop.
How funny, I’d been thinking exactly the same thing. One of the two pink tulips – either Barcelona or Don Quichotte – remains steadfastly upright, getting taller each day, and just drops its petals, whilst the other one goes in for a bit more drama, but neither of them is as spectacular as the Couleur Cardinal, the red one, or either of the parrot tulips. So I was thinking that it must the type of tulip, or division as I think they are called – parrot, Darwin Hybrid, Triumph, Greigii and so on. I expect I could google it…
I always leave them till there’s barely anything left, I think some flowers, tulips and peonies in particular, has a certain charm in every stage of their bloom.
By the way, I’ve been reading your blog for a few months now, and it brightens my day a little every time you post something! Thank you!
Hi Elise, I do agree with you about tulips and peonies, and thank you so much for the lovely comment about the blog – it brightened a very grey, wet morning.