A TROUGH FULL OF TULIPS

I always understood that, unlike daffodils, there was no point in keeping tulip bulbs year after year because they didn't flower as well, but I have found that mine flower beautifully and so do their little offspring in time. Perhaps the flowers are not as big, but it's not so I have noticed.  Late last autumn I planted winter-flowering violas in a trough under my living-room window and beneath them tulip bulbs.  I had no idea what kind of tulip bulbs as I've a bad habit of getting my bulbs mixed up.  The tulips are now flowering and it seems like they are Yokohama, Orange Emperor, and Fur Elise.  Note that the little violas are still going strong, poking their way through the tulip leaves.  Cute!  They are a lovely sight to see from within my living room.

Tulips in a trough with winter-flowering violas

(Tulips yellow 'Yokohama', 'Orange Emperor', and 'Fur Elise'.