We have poppies, amongst other things, self seeded around the garden but we had an empty pot that had held an annual last year and a yellow poppy has self seeded itself perfectly in the middle of this pot. It looks like it has been planted and can happily stay there.
Self seeded yellow poppy
We have planted various bulbs in the nine years we have lived here but have long since given up planting tulips as they never come back after the first year. I think the squirrels, of which we have many, dig them up.
However the few tulips that were already in this garden when we moved in have survived. They don’t increase in number but they do come up each year. My favourite of these are this little group.
A bright splash of colour when closed
An even brighter of colour splash when open
Every year there are just four of them but they are beautiful. In fact I have photographed them before but just couldn’t resist doing it again. I love the contrasting yellow centres when they open up in the sun.
They are a lovely splash of colour.
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They really do give a splash of colour.We have loads of tulips in our garden, but we can not keep the little miniture irises. they disapear, we have now given up on them ,like you we think it is the squirels.
We can’t keep them either and also cyclemen. We have had loads in other gardens but can’t keep them here. Daffodils do well though and loads of bluebells.