Tulips

These have been just glorious for a couple of weeks, although they're going over now. I do hope I can keep them for next year, although I don't have a great deal of success with tulips from year to year. I wanted to take a picture of them as part of the larger colour scheme (such as it is!) in the garden - they go very well - but I can't seem to get a photo with the true colour of the surroundings It comes out so bland, while in real life it's all very vibrant. The irises are just breaking into colour in the back garden, and the gladioli in the front garden - I put them together in a vase indoors and they are spectacular