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| Tulipa turkestanica at the High Line |
Over at the
High Line, the Turkestanica is blooming again, featured as the plant of the week on the High Line's Blog. The photo above captures the exact moment I fell in love with this tulip in the last sunlight of the day, its petals apparently closing up for the evening. I was at the High Line. It was a few springs back, and at that time I wasn't quite sure exactly what I was looking at.
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| Tulipa turkestanica at the lot |
Susan, Anne and I planted this really sweet species tulip in the stalled construction lot around the corner when trying to squeeze in a guerilla experiment in learning about growing flowers for market in much less than ideal conditions. I was wondering how this tulip would look and last in a small vase. And we were planting things on the sly that we thought might thrive under the conditions of the lot-- the poor soil and lack of irrigation being primary factors.
These bulbs are now buried beneath the 5 story building that has risen since, the construction nearing completion this spring. But in that singular spring a couple years back, seeing those blooms was more than all right.
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4 comments:
Nice to have you back. Seems the Rockaway activist thing is driving you bonkers. The tulips are perfect. I would like to grow them.
How sad, too, to think of those tulips under the building. I have gardens under buildings too, in this town. I think its high time to excavate those tulips, excavate what delights instead of infuriates!
Those are beautiful!!
Those were the days...
:) They are beautiful. Those were the days. And I require nothing but delight if I can find my way back there that is.
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