Tulip Time!

This past spring, my sister and her SO invited my mother and me to Holland, MI's Tulip Festival. Besotted about the new digs and actual yard, I bought tulip bulbs--after verifiying that, yes, they do ship to Kodiak.

I did not think too much more of them until those bulbs arrived a few weeks ago. I strained my willpower to let the last of the summer flowers enjoy the sunny days this past week. But after the rain beat them unmericfully over the weekend, I tore up the beds on Monday. Rather than plant on the clay-ridden, shale covered ground, I have raised barrels in the front yard: two on the opposite corner from the front porch, and one greeting guests as they meander from the driveway to the front stoop.

With a dozen or so planted in each tub, I chose to plant the varities in, well, variation. The colors I selected are red, yellow, and hybrids of those two pallets. According to my dear neighbor they'll bloom sometime in June...