A closeup.

Beautiful colors! Thank you for sharing

You must be getting lots of compliments!

Those are great! I'm considering trying a few in the fridge this next winter (I can't believe I'm talking next winter even before this one is over). If they come half as nicely as yours are I will be very pleased!

I was just reading that this was how they grew them in the colder parts of Russia. Winters are too harsh for them even in the ground so they were stored inside until spring planting. It made me reconsider every complaint I ever made about low temperatures.

Katob, in zone 6 can tulips bulbs be planted in the fall?

I am coming to believe we mild winter people use Oct-Nov fridge storage to keep them from sprouting.

Posie, it was very nice having the dog-walker folks oooing and ahhing.

Yes iris, they can easily be planted outside in the fall and come up beautifully in spring here, but I like the idea of going to the fridge in April and grabbing a bag of bulbs to pot up for a nice spring planter. I've had trouble with container planted tulips, they tend to rot when things thaw out.

Interesting Katob. Thanks.