Today ’s photos are from Hélène Brûle - Besner in Hamilton , Ontario . We visit Hélène ’s garden once before ( refreshen your memoryHERE ) , and today she ’s back with tulip meter !
She says,“I love tulips ! I have it away that they cheerfully holler out : Winter is done ! For the last 2 years , in the fall , I have implant over 300 of them so that there would be tulip everywhere in my garden come spring .
“ Here is what leap looked like in my garden last year … I’m still waiting for signs of it in the garden this year . Happily , with the cool outflow last class , I was able to love them well into May . The hemorrhage centre was also blossom cheerfully correctly along with my tulips .

“ The garden was started 4 old age ago and the hardscaping was pretty much completed in 2013 . make over the shed is on this year ’s to do listing ( the cap leaks horribly ) and I would also wish an arbour and jive . I love spring in my garden and ca n’t hold off for it to erupt forth this yr ! ”
Me , too , Hélène ! Your gorgeous tulips are motivating me to implant more this class . So far in my garden I only have about 1 inch of crocus increment poke out between the patches of lingering crank … Soon ! ! Thanks for sharing with us again .
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20 January 2025 - Looking toward the deck. Photo/Illustration: All photos courtesy of Hélène Brûle-Besner












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