Saturday, January 15, 2011

Unexpected

When I put these bulbs into a pot they were in a brown paper bag labelled 'Pink Hyacinth' so I was surprised to see blue flowers - I put them in a pink pot!  I expect that the ones labelled 'blue hyacinth' that I put in a blue pot may be pink!


When I bought these Lincolnshire tulips for half price at the supermarket they were pale cream but they are becoming more yellow as each day passes.  Today they are the sharp colour of lemons.


When I found a dry, dead looking cyclamen corm abandoned at the back of the garage and planted it in bulb fibre I didn't think it would produce anything but now it has grown and is covered in flowers.

Sometimes the unexpected can be quite wonderful!

21 comments:

  1. It is good to always expect the unexpected!!! The pink pot makes a nice contrast to your blue hyacinths. How interesting that the cream tulips are now turning lemon yellow! The cyclamen corm flowering must feel like such an achievement too.

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  2. Those are all lovely - so cheering. I love the tulips - very unusual. Hyacinths smell wonderful, don't they?

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  3. Ahh..thats so lovely..and your tablecloth matchess your background:))Wishing you a wonderful weekend..!

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  4. I agree. I really love tulips. xxxx

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  5. I love the blue of those hyacinths. I wish I could smell them too!

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  6. Nature is full of surprise's! I killed a white cyclamen this week when I over watered it!
    love
    Lyn
    xxx

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  7. Those indoor bulbs can do wonders for the soul on these cloudy, cold winter days. Thanks for sharing your beautiful ones. xo Jenny

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  8. Haha,what a surprize, hope you like blue! I love what you did with the tulip photo - I love it!
    Wishing you the best for 2011, Jane! Will you travel this year?

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  9. Isn't nature full of delightful surprises? I never cease to be amazed at how a seed or bulb turns into a beautiful flower.

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  10. How lovely they are and just a reminder that Spring isn't far away. x

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  11. My (blue, hopefully) hyacinths are nowhere near as advanced as those. I'm not expecting them to flower but you never know!

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  12. What a lovely surprise - blue hyacinths are my favourite!

    Spring will soon be here!

    Jeanne
    x

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  13. So pleased to have discovered your blog this evening...there are so many places that you write about that I now want to visit - will need to take a gap year to fit it all in! Will be back to read more another day.

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  14. SUCH LOVELY POST!
    I HAVE PLANTED SOME HYACINTHS TOO, ALTHOUGH MINE HAVEN`T FLOWERED JUST YET.
    BY THE WAY DO YOU FANCY ENTERING 6 LOVELY GIVE-AWAYS?
    IF SO, PLEASE STOP OVER AT MY BLOG!
    I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE!
    THANKS IN ADVANCE!

    DEBBIE MOSS

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  15. Isn't it lovely to have some colour back after the dark days and the snow.Hyacinths ad daffs always lift my heart at this time of year.

    Tracey

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  16. What a lovely splash of colours to see on a grey and misty Monday!
    xxx

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  17. Lovely splashes of colour.I can never get tulips to stay upright.They always flop over.What is your secret?

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  18. First to come will be the snowdrops, daffodils,bluebells and so on....what a lovely thought! Lovely photos Rosie and YES...Spring is coming.

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  19. All your unexpected happenings were pleasant anyway:) The colour of the tulips is absolutely beautiful. I never have hyacinths even though I love them as DH's asthma is badly affected by the scent of them. Lovely springlike post:)

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  20. so funny about the hyacinths, i have had colour mixes/surprises with them a few times.

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