This year I timed it just right.

Last year I was too late.

You have to get there just after Spring bulbs have been delivered. 

 The coveted Rembrandt Tulip.

Is the first Tulip to disappear from Costco shelves. 

Yes, you can find them in garden catalogs.
But oh, they are expensive.

Tulips were introduced to Europe from Turkey.
Have you heard of "Tulipomania" ?

I have to replant my tulips every year.  Little critters feast on them.

Of course I could enclose each Tulip bulb in a wire cage and plant it or hang it from the ceiling, as was the custom in Holland. 

I planted 400 Tulip bulbs in between a row of Lavender yesterday. 

Have a wonderful weekend my dear Blogging Friends. 

Gina

Note:

All of the above photographs were taken in my 2012 Spring Garden.