Plant orders have a tendency to have a long lag time, often several months.  This can cause mild consternation at times, because what seemed perfectly obvious and well thought out in July may not be the gardener’s inclination in October.  (I know, one is supposed to have Master Plans, yeah right) 

I know we thought out the tulip order.  We spent several mornings on it.  What I can’t remember is why the plan ended up heavily weighted towards hot pink.  It is a logical design, but it is the starting point of a strong colour palette as opposed to a pastel palette which is a puzzle, since we don’t usually head in that direction. It should be very pretty; but it came as a surprise to recall it!

Maybe this year the tulips will last more than a season.  I dislike the trend towards breeding, growing, and treating tulips as annuals intensely.