I promised summer pot recipes this week but tulips have taken over my consciousness over the past week so I’m postponing pots until next week. There is still plenty of time for these - I don’t plant up my summer pots until the tulips have died back, when I take them out and re-use the same pots.
So, a spot of tulipmania for you this week. I went to the Keukenhof Gardens in Holland at the weekend with my sisters and mother for her 80th birthday and it was such a treat. Even though it was pouring with rain when we first arrived, the sun came out as soon as we got off the bus to illuminate the vast swathes of tulips and other bulbs. Bright, bold and sometimes gloriously kitsch, the planting schemes are a complete spectacle; you cannot believe how many densely planted flowers you are seeing.
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