That’s the name of this Viridiflora tulip: “Eye Catcher” – and it certainly is! It’s definitely one of my favourites at the moment, as it stands tall…
… and glows even when the sun goes behind a cloud.
The raspberry ripple looking tulips on the left are ‘Estella Rijnveld’, a parrot tulip. Here’s a closer look…
Mmm, looks good enough to eat!
Another pretty one flowering at the moment is this pinky red one – I haven’t adjusted the colours at all, it really is that vivid!
What’s providing colour in your garden right now?
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Those tulips are vivid on the screen. Beautiful.
They really stand out in the rockery, where not much is flowering yet. 😀
These are lovely! My tulips aren’t open yet, except for the little species tulips that look like water lilies. Right now it’s yellow, from the little tulips, and forsythia, and purples from my crocus and grape hyacinth. After this long winter, any blooms are welcome!
The Forsythia is just about over here. Everything seems to be coming into flower now…. and you have your tulips to look forward to!
great variety of red tulips
The name of the red ones escapes me at the moment – must hunt through my labels and order forms!
Absolutely stunning! 🙂
😀 They’ve all lasted pretty well too!
Pretty tulips!
They compliment all the lovely shades of green emerging. 😀
Am I envious!!!!…….I just adore parrot tulips…
Me too! I had a job to find these, and am always on the look out for more varieties.
Have never planted a viridiflora tulip: how different and elegant! Lovely to see yours when ours are deeply asleep for the forthcoming winter. No bright colours blooming here at the moment, but the sasanqua camellias on their long and stately stems in white and pink do give pleasure . . .
I can imagine they are lovely, especially at this time of year for you… isn’t it early for them?
No, locally they have been blooming for weeks now – may be a microclimate ‘thing’! The japonicas arrive in early spring . . .
How absolutely lovely! and red is an unusual color this time of year! I suppose one of my favorites right now are the puprle Irises. Great pics.
Thanks Strawberryindigo! The irises are coming along soon here too. The tulips have been so cheerful the past couple of weeks!
Beautiful tulips – I’ve already started a list of bulbs to buy in the autumn, ‘Eye catcher’ is going to be added! Not many tulips here this year, but lots of cowslips and pulmonaria.
That’s a good idea to plan bulbs early, as you can see where the gaps are… My pulmonarias were very bushy, but with few flowers this year.
Love those tulips!
We’re at the Soft Color stage right now – pink apple blossoms, white pear – but the purple lilac should be next!
Lilac has just started opening here -saw a white one in my neighbour’s garden this morning!
Your tulips are magnificent…I’m so happy that you shared your photos with us.
I’m glad you like them Karen. They bring me a lot of pleasure.
Beautiful tulips you have Cathy. They really say spring.
Some of them are almost garish, but bright colours are so good in spring!
I like the viridiflora tulips, I have some white ones but that red one is a real eye catcher. I’m not so fond of the parrot tulip varieties.
I have some nice white ones too, but unfortunately they got almost hidden by the emerging poppy leaves!
My tulips finished 10 days ago, it’s as if they never were! Now it’s roses and Irises and cistus. I love the red frilly one, beautiful. Christina
Some of my tulips are still going strong, but many are over. The iris buds are getting bigger and the rose buds are looking very promising too. Lilac is flowering all through the neighbourhood too. (I don’t have a lilac, sadly!)
Eye catching for certain! How lovely, Cathy. A few times I tried to grow tulips and after months of waiting we’d catch a heat spell and they’d be gone almost before they finished opening. These photos are just scrumptious! My roses are doing beautifully and I’m enjoying that color most of all. 🙂
And in my garden the roses never last long! LOL! We’ve had perfect weather for the tulips this year – not too hot, and a little damp.
Don’t you love that WINTER IS OVER let the colors of beautiful flowers such as you have here BLOOM and place smiles upon our FACES 🙂
Winter was way too long – it’s been such a lovely spring so far!
Same here no rain for weeks after over 100 inches of Snow lol today it is pouring just want I need for lots of good garden things to grow Mowed the lawn for first time yesterday after painting boy does yard look nice now
Those are stunning! Beautiful photos too!
Thank you! They have been flowering for ages and still look lovely!
I love the color! 🙂
Both these tulips lasted absolutely ages, and stood up to all sorts of weather – the colours were fabulous and hardly faded at all!