Tulips Popping Up And First Arrangement of 2025 - April 2025

I haven't planted tulip bulbs in years, but I still have clusters of them in a few spots around the garden.  I've learned over time that tulips need to be interplanted with other things - to sort-of camouflage the foliage as it sticks around and (eventually) dies back.  Once the blooms are gone, bulb foliage NEEDS to stick around to collect energy for the bulb, but it usually looks ratty.  

Because of that, I've held off on bulbs for a few Falls, but this year I should put it back my list. 

Why am I thinking that?  Because the Spring 'hello' this little cluster of tulips are giving right at the edge of our driveway.  These, below, are IB2DWs, down by the sidewalk.    

With all the Springs where we've had tulips, I've never gone out and cut them for a countertop arrangement.  Until this year.  Here, below, is my first Spring-time arrangement featuring tulips and daffodils.   The daffodils are the 'inherited' ones in our backyard.  

#18 on my 2025 to-do list was to keep going on 'cut flowers'.  Make Cut Flowers Great Again or something.  Last year, I was doing that with (mostly) dahlia arrangements.  This year, I'm hoping for a better showing of our Disneyland Roses along with a wider assortment of dahlias.  

But, we're already off to a good start for cut flowers in 2025.  Arrangement #1 is complete.