Tulips are my all-time favourite bloom (for the moment). This wonder-bunch brought as a gift from an old friend who re-established contact recently; perhaps a perfect offering. They’ve lasted over a week, consumed litres of water daily and show no signs of deterioration.
Image from my phone camera.
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Such happy flowers – do you prick their stems just under the head to get them to stay upright or let nature take her course and have the bendy stalks creating their own patterns?
Leave em be ‘cept add a copper coin to the water…
I didn’t know that one … I shall give it a whirl and see what happens!