Plant of the week - Tulip 'Flaming Parrot'

My first plant of the week is this fantastic tulip - 'Flaming parrot'. I really do love tulips, and I have a few different varieties in the garden. This beauty caught my eye this morning as it had just opened the day before. I love the boldness of the colours and the texture of the petals. My daughter also commented that if you look straight down into the flower it almost looks like the English flag!

I've naturalised these at the edge of the lawn and purposely avoid mowing that area (there are snakeshead fritillaries growing there as well) and they seem to be happy being left in the ground throughout the year.

Much more exciting than those boring old red tulips!

I usually buy my bulbs from Crocus - the quality of their bulbs is excellent and they come lovingly packed. The link to them on their site is here: 
http://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/tulipa-flaming-parrot/classid.2000014411/