Received wisdom is that you get diminishing returns from tulips if left alone, each year's flowering is supposed to be less impressive than the last.

Well I've had these cheery little guys popping up for at least five years now, I take absolutely no care of them and even plant other things in the container over summer, but they still look splendid in the early Spring sunshine.

#Bloomscrolling

@losttourist wow, still waiting for ours to burst open.
@FourT4 These have been buds until yesterday and then this morning they were in full flower

@losttourist

Short species tulips thrive if planted in light soil which gets baked by the sun.