White Tulip

Frilly Petal Red Tulip

Red frilly petal tulip growing at the Falls of the Ohio State Park in Clarksville, Indiana.

Red Tulip

Red Tulip blooming at the Falls of the Ohio State Park

Clarksville, Indiana

April 2010

Yellow Tulips

Heart of a Tulip

This tulip came from the Netherlands. It was called the Van Eijk vibrate pink tulip.

More flowers including a yellow tulip

More yellow flowers from my mother's garden. Not sure what all their names are though.

Pink Tulips

Here are some tulips blooming in the sunroom.

The blooms will close up in the night and then open back up in the day time.

Flowers

Rainy days are here but the first tulip flower has emerged. It is pink. It looks like there are two more almost ready to bloom.

The amaryllis flower stalk continues to grow taller.

Two of the daffodil bulbs are showing life and growth is beginning to appear.

Tulip Update

Here are some pictures from about 2 days ago showing the progress of the tulips. The largest plant now has almost 1 leaf out and is forming others.

Tulips and Daffodils

I took some old milk jugs and turned them into planters for some tulip and daffodil bulbs I bought back in October 2007. I was afraid that the bulbs would die if I left them in the garage much longer without being planted. So I took the last of some potting soil and planted them about a week ago.

The bulbs are beginning to sprout with the tulips growing the fastest. I am keeping them in the sun room with the temperature varying throughout the day to the mid-60s to mid-70s F and a humidity of 40-80%. One tulip plant seems to be growing about 1 inch a day.

Once the temperatures warm up for good for spring I will plant them outside to make a flower bed of irises, tulips (Tulipa), daffodils (Narcissus), and balloon flowers (Platycodon grandiflorus).