Tiptoeing Through The Tulips: Lessons learned in the gardens of life
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A celebration of tulips from seeds to flowers featuring beautiful artwork and designs that are tulip-inspired.
Tiptoeing Through The Tulips: Lessons learned in the gardens of life
- 1. Tiptoeing through the Tulips Lessons learned in the gardens of life
- 2. As long as there is springtime, there will be tulips
- 3. A tulips story begins in autumn No one but the gardener is thinking about tulips Budgeting Planning the garden Tulips need lots of spring sunshine Soil mix tulips prefer Rich and loamy Drains well Shopping for bulbs Planting the bulbs 6 inches deep
- 4. Unless its the tulip grower Growing time: 4-6 years from seed to flower Before blooming, a tulip Spends 18 months in a cold frame 2-4 years in a garden bed or field Tulip bulbs are sold when theyre ready to flower.
- 5. Choosing Your Preferred Variety of Tulips Type of flower Single Double Cupped Lily-form Star Egg/Pointed Oval Fringed Parrot Stem Height Tall Medium Short Diminutive Period of Bloom Early Late Formal vs. Informal Hybrids Naturalizing Species
- 6. Varietal Names to Look For Darwin The best of the hybrid tulips Triumph Come in a wide variety of colors with a long vase-life Peony Another name for double Crispa Another name for fringed Fosteriana or Emperor Short stems with large showy flowers Greigeii or Turkestan Maroon streaked foliage Kaufmanianna Lily-form with contrasting edges French Another name for egg-shaped or pointed oval Viridiflora Streak of green on every petal Rembrandt or Broken Flaming streaks of purple or red
- 7. Tulips need a long cold winter to bloom in spring. In warmer zones, gardeners winter their tulip bulbs in the fridge.
- 8. With the first warm days of spring, flowering bulbs swell. Green shoots push their way up through the damp earth, reaching for the sun.
- 9. Just when our patience is about to run out, the earliest tulips bloom Naturalizing and species tulips: short-stemmed, fast-growing, bloom year after year where they were first planted, giving them an early edge over their leggier competitors
- 10. And then a riot of color bursts forth
- 11. The Bible doesnt mention tulips by name, but this passage still seems to apply Matthew 6:28-30 (NLT) Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They dont work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you
- 12. Lessons learned from tulips Beautiful spring gardens take planning and effort to achieve Beauty sometimes comes in smaller packages and on shorter stems Plant a mix of tulip varieties to extend their season of bloom Healthy beautiful tulips thrive in light sandy soil mixed with rich humus Hard winters produce the loveliest spring flowers
- 13. Tulips create beautiful artwork and designs
- 14. Biography Author and artist Krystine Kercher has had a love affair with flowers and gardening since she was a preschooler learning to plant marigold seeds with her mother. Since 2009 she has enjoyed photographing live flowers in her yard and at parks and nature centers near Lincoln, Nebraska. She also takes floral photos and turns them into art that she sells online. Celebrate a spring birthday with tulips Shop more beautiful tulip designs at www.ContraryMarket.com
- 15. Come tiptoethrough the tulips with me