My August vacation time is almost over. I ventured to my usual far-away gardening center today to see if they were already selling tulip bulbs and what varieties would those be this year. Well, they were selling but only a few, inside their old store which they've recently reorganized - furnished, stocked with new items and began calling a gallery. The outside bulb stand - which was upgraded last year and received a thatched roof - was only being stocked and the stock price tagged as I watched. They will be selling many more varieties, and some at lower prices than the gallery, there as of Monday.
I bought some orangy-red fosteriana tulips Juan, some orange Kaufmanniana tulips Shakespeare, some crocuses and I splashed on alliums - five bulbs of the purple flowering variety Gladiator, and three of the white flowering Mount Everest. The alliums still seemed expensive but, surprisingly, the price went down 30% since last year. I also bought three pots of hosta plantaginea bearing the most wonderfully scented white flowers! I've never seen a fragrant hosta before, and rightly so, upon researching back home I learned they are a rarity among the genus. The scent is gorgeous, heady and intoxicating. I might be back there tomorrow because only upon returning home I realized I had seen bags of Orange Princess tulips hanging right in front of me but got distracted and didn't buy them.
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