Tiptoe through the Tulips

One must have patience when planting fall bulbs for a spring bloom. You don't reap instant rewards as when you dig in a new annual. I stopped in my local Armstrong Nursery to pick out my free birthday gift from them-a six pack of annuals!( stock, in a lovely pastel mix) I happened upon their bulb display and what to my wandering eyes did i see? but 50% off for you and me! Since this is the first bulbs that i'll be planting in the new backyard area, i chose the granddaddy of them all...Tulips.2 pinks and a purple.
I was quite lucky they had some double flowering light pinks (angelique) and i grabbed what i could in my color scheme-looking out to pick the best in the box. No early shoots or signs of decay on mine! I was able to pick out 25 bulbs for 10 bucks! They'll be mid to late bloomers, but well worth the wait. They're chilling right now in the outside frig for 6 weeks. So, they'll go in around Jan 20th and should wake up in May if i'm lucky. I've grown tulips out in the front garden before, so nothing new there, but these colors are in our new palette and a new place to view them from the kitchen and family room. I plan to throw them in the planters and dig them in when they scatter-suggested serendipity. It's turned a bit cold outside, not much work going on out there for now.