April brought my one, solitary ranunculus (of the ten plants I’d
tried to grow). It also brought tulips galore – golden Freeman tulips and red, scented Abba tulips, sweetly-scented and pretty pink Angelique peony tulips
which open up the minute you put them in water, and sexy, red Rococo parrot tulips.
There were delicate, scented narcissi and muscari and fairy-like snakeshead
fritillary – I love the little arrangement I did with these (it was a present for my partner).
May brought more tulips – black parrot and blue parrot tulips,
white Swan Wings fringed tulips and lilac Cummins fringed tulips. And, seemingly
from out of nowhere, came the rose buds and the first roses.
The temperature might be going down, but summer is here.
