Tulip Queen of the Night with euphorbia polychroma, catmints and iris in the front bed of my garden here in the city. The iris is yet to bloom, as well as the huge catmint, the lower part of which is visible behind the euphorbia. The small catmints are beginning to bloom already. The tulips are there their third year, so only a few flowers remain, and they are about half as tall as they used to be. Interestingly, the flowerheads are not much smaller.
I originally planted Queen of the Night there along with its sport, the double black tulip Black Hero, and they looked really classy with the chartreuse flowers of the euphorbia, against the background of the emerging golden hops and prairie cordgrass. But, despite its name, Black Hero is not a sturdy tulip. It hardly came back in its second year, and no trace remains of it in the third. (Also, its flowerheads are quite small, which is usually not stated in nursery catalogs, so it is best viewed from up close.)
Picture taken this morning past 9 a.m.
I originally planted Queen of the Night there along with its sport, the double black tulip Black Hero, and they looked really classy with the chartreuse flowers of the euphorbia, against the background of the emerging golden hops and prairie cordgrass. But, despite its name, Black Hero is not a sturdy tulip. It hardly came back in its second year, and no trace remains of it in the third. (Also, its flowerheads are quite small, which is usually not stated in nursery catalogs, so it is best viewed from up close.)
Picture taken this morning past 9 a.m.
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