Hello Hope Patch Gardener!
After some cold weather last week, including four inches of snow seven days ago, spring is returning to Streamwood. It looks like the tulip plants were hardy enough to tough out the adverse weather. The buds are forming and you can see the color on the edges of the tulip blossom. See the picture below.
Notice that the tulip bud is protected by the large leaves, which almost wrap themselves around it. In the next week or so, as the stalk grows taller, the tulip flower will be elevated above the plant and the tulip petals will open. I’m excited to see the beautiful flower unfold.
Till next time.
Dave Pipitone, author of The Rainbow Chronicles: A Bedtime Story for a New Day