Flower Bulb Picture Contest - 08 Contest
Contest opens as soon as you can find this page. :-) And closes down on Friday, May 16.
Voting is as normal on my photo contests. Those pictures with the most number of votes go into the finals. And I pick a winner (3 ebooks of your choice) from that list. I may or may not give out second prizes (regular readers know I almost always do no matter what I say because the pictures are always so darn good)
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Double pink tulip
This close-up is of an early variety of double tulips.
The later version has not bloomed yet
tulipa-tarda Part 3 of my collection of Specialty tulips
tulipa greigii Part 2 of my collection of Specialty tulips
tulipa turkestanica Part 1 of my collection of Specialty tulips
I have a dream ....
...of some day showing off my lawn just like this one.
I walked by this location along the waterfront of Lake Ontario
and stopped to take this picture....
Daffy Down Dilly I wish I could grow daffodils all summer! They're so lovely and the deer won't eat them!
Wannabe Red taken at Dows Lake Ottawa Canada. A bed of white Tulips and this one had a fine red line within its beauty making it one of a kind
Sea of Red Taken at Dow's Lake Ottawa Canada
Orange Crown Imperial I particularly enjoy this spring bulb. It is situated in the centre of my rose garden. The strong skunk order it produces seems to keep not only 4 legged ...
Blood Root
This is my first flower that appears after the snow melts. After it flowers this plant becomes a feature plant within my Hosta bed.
Doug says that ...
The Fringed Tulip I liked this tulip for its unique fringed petals. This picture was taken in Holland, Michigan during the Tulip festival.
Hitchin' a Ride I was photographing the progress of Spring, when I came upon this Salome daffodil with a passenger. It turns out that this is a Chironomidae (midge). Harmless ...
Before Perennials Instead of planting spring bulbs in a separate bed, I tucked them all around the perennials. This picture was taken before the perennials started growing....
Crocus It was made when sun came after some snow ...
Happy to Survive This area in my garden appeared completely under the snow on April 19 that broke a lot of great bulbs. This one survived with my help.
No boring border My grandson Alex did not like juniper border, he picked the tulip and wanted to plant it there.
Icecream in Red Cups April 19 brought brought us 5'' of snow. I made a lot of pictures on that snowy morning.
Summer Snowflake These flowers caught my eye at a botanical garden. I went looking for the bulbs, and added them to my own garden. It doesn't hurt if you live close to ...
First spring flowers Crocus are so welcome as the first flowers each spring. I sat on my front porch feeling like a Popsicle just to feast my eyes on these flowers.
Tulip Time A lovely drift of tulips against an elegant background of flowering trees.
Sheltered Almost missed this (peony?) tulip. Lasted longer than expected because of the lovely sunshade.
Snowdrops in Ice My snow drops just didn't care that there was still ice in the garden, they just wanted to come out and say hello.
Amaryllis
From Christmas - a red amaryllis
The first crocus to bloom It was a big snow year in Ottawa. Once some warmth arrived, the edges of the piles next to the walks and drives melted first, finally revealing the crocus ...
Giant Chive Blossom Large or small......... delight for all!
Red Tulips This is one of my tulips facing north.
Pink Asiatic Lilies I have a bed devoted to just lilies and this is one of the many I have...
Striped Tulip A white tulip with red strips growing in a pot on the porch. Don't remember planting it :)
Yellow Begonia
A bright and cheery yellow in a shady hanging basket
Doug notes that yes, this is a tuber and not a bulb but we're allowing tubers and corms as well ...
Grand Ice Falls this is a eye stopping flower!
Red and Yellow Tulip Flower from my garden - a red and yellow tulip
Deep Pink Lily Flowers from my gardens - deep pink Stargazer lily
Lily in Black and White Flowers from my gardens. Sometimes I like to take black and white photos of my flowers.
Pink Daffodils Flowers from my gardens - pink daffodils
Pink Lily Flowers in my Garden - a pink lily
Allium all a Sparkle Picture of an Allium bulb.
Container Gardening to the Max Our local "daffodil man" planted a couple of bulbs in the hollow of this huge sycamore, with charming results.
Bulbs Galore Last fall I bought estate quantities of bulbs and spent a lot of time on my knees planting them. It was worth the effort now that April has arrived.
Big snow in April My bulbs were flowering all over the garden already when April 19 storm brought 5'' of snow (last time we had snow in April was in 1972). Some flowers ...
True Blue You've heard it said, "give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day, but, if you teach him how to fish he will never go hungry". Well!!! I just showed son ...
white and red tulip mania Surprise! after planting tulips last fall iwas sure my tulips would be pure red. however since the pakage was mislabeled I ended up with these wonderful ...
Lilies-of-the valley
These shy little beauties captured me as I captured them!
Doug says - I actually had to look up the botany of this plant - it is indeed a member of ...
Lilies All Together Flowers from my gardens - clumps of lilies
Orange Spotted Lily Flowers in my Garden - an orange lily
Baby Daffies A cluster of baby daffodils. I love these small ones, they bloom a long time and seem so cheerful.
In a white sea Couple warm days and we got all the best from the spring
My Favorite Color Not sure who planted it under the cherry tree (squirrel?), but I like this color.
Tall Pink Tulip Tulip is emerging from a bed of Dutchman's Breeches
Yellow irises on a cast iron fence
The title pretty well sums it up .. .
Doug says - he's trying to head off the botanists who are going to point out that the tall Iris are not bulbous ...
Red Tulip Flower from my garden - a red tulip
Burned orange tulip Flower from my garden - a burned orange tulip
Tulips on white Flowers from my gardens. Orange tulips
Yellow Lily Flowers from my gardens. Sometimes I like to take closeups of lilies in my garden
Double Tulip Flowers from my gardens - a double tulip
Red Lily Beautiful Red Asian Lily, one of my favorite lilies, so bright and cheerful.
World of spring bulbs 2 A LARGER PHOTO FOR "WORLD OF SPRING BULBS"
Lily from Below Flowers from my gardens. Looking into a lily flower
hide&seek The back of my garden is dedicated to Muskoka. Last fall I decided to bring more color into it and the result is this ....
Frillied Gladiolus Flowers from my gardens. A frilly gladiolus
Iris Flowers in my Garden - white iris
Orange Lily A brilliant orange in my walkway garden
The King of Siam This lily's fragrance surrounds the house; however it's procreation abilities are it's greatest asset. With pollen to spare many litle liles surround ...
Early red tulips The bright red colour really gives the soil a "boost"
Dressed in White
A white crocus (close-up) shines in a dark corner of
my garden. My Grandson would love, having this
Beauty named after him.
David & Goliath
This little yellow crocus almost looks overshadowed by
the rather impressiv looking purple striped cousin.
Is David taking on Goliath???
Close Up This little crocus caught my eye
First crocus The first colour in our garden appearing after the long winter were these little crocus. It looks like my 'little helpers" were busy last year (again) as ...
Cheerful Daffodil Yellow daffodils are wonderful for complimenting blue and pink hyacinths and every kind of tulip, but yellow daffodils tickle me pink!
Daffodil Border My mixed variety daffodil border along the woods on my east boundary line.
Red Emperor I'm so glad I took this picture yesterday because last night it became deer candy! Sigh...
Outstanding Taken at Dows Lake Ottawa Canada
Pink Beauty Taken at Dows Lake Ottawa Canada
Orange Tulip I planted a number of Tulips last fall that I was told would be pink in colour. This is certainly not pink however I do enjoy the orange especially since ...
Orange Lillies These are bright orange lillies that just showed up...love them!
Pink and White Tulips This color combination happened by accident. I bought a grab bag of tulips and somehow managed to plant most of the pink and white ones together.
Blue Hyacinths in snow These hyacinths had a very hard April. Somehow they still look pretty surrounded by all the white snow.
Down but not out These tulips were beaten to the ground by a late snow storm, but they popped up the next day.
Split Personality This large tulip's color split caught my eye.
snow and daffodils hardy things aren't they?
white tulip This tulip I bought on clearance last Fall and I don't know it's name. I couldn't believe how long it's lasted, almost 3 weeks now and it's still blooming ...
Christmas in May Spring was long in coming last year. Just a few little tulips, daffodils and bluebells, but right by my main door, so I can enjoy them every day.
Yellow Tulip Flower from my garden. A yellow tulip
Lillies at dusk Flowers from my gardens. A clump of lillies at dusk
Lillies Flowers from my gardens - pink lillies
Yellow Iris Flowers in my Garden - a yellow iris
Runners Up
Special Award For Growing in Adversity
Winner
