And it looked like this. I had no idea what it was, but it was cheap and it looked hardy. I saw that it was a perennial so after it blooms, I thought I could just let it be for a while (which is what I did with the CNIB crocus).
It eventually grew into something that looked like this:
Tulips! I hadn't expected that at all.
When the flowers began to wilt, I clipped them,following the same instructions as the crocus, thinking they're both grown from bulbs, so they're pretty much the same, right? (<-faulty logic). I also wanted to take photos of just the flowers.
They didn't look very interesting until they began to dry and gain interesting shapes and textures. I took photos against a background of plain white printer paper.
It's fun to take pictures from different angles!
The plant itself grew a bit more, then began to wilt. I think you're supposed to leave it be as it stores nutrients in the bulb, and when it has wilted and can no longer photosynthesize, you clip it down. It needs a period of cold followed by "spring" to start growing again, I think. I hope I can get it to grow again.
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