Orange Tulip

Finally, a tulip which has survived for years in the Moosey Garden is captured in a photograph! There is a small patch of this subtle orange beauty in the house garden.

Pale Orange Tulip - Top View

I actually wonder if these are a type of species tulip - there are subtle criss-cross markings on the leaves, and the flowers really don't last for more than a few days.

Pale Orange Tulip - Side View

Mid-Spring Arrivals

But at least they arrive promptly in mid-spring every year, unlike other tulips I've planted which have disappeared into the gardening underworld. One year I spent a modest fortune on frilly peony tulips in the richest shades of pink. Now there's no sign of them - all gone!

The dull burnt orange colour works really well with the limey-green leaves of Stachys Limelight. I like this tulip's colour very much - it also blends well with the surrounding creams and yellows of the daffodils.

It's just a pity that the flowers come to pieces so quickly, seemingly in the slightest puff of wind. They are the first tulips to appear in my garden, and so easily missed - now you see them, now you don't...