A WALTZING WONDER

Has to be a classic waltz: lots of gentle rise and fall, gorgeous frocks and flying tail coats. I was taught to waltz when I was about ten (it was considered an essential part of a chap's education), but my technique is a little rusty. Instead I shall let this tulip - and the many other species tulips that are yet to break ground - do the dancing for me. Forward, side, together...

Tulipa saxatilis ‘Lilac Wonder’

Delightful little species tulip – more reliably perennial than larger varieties. Plant bulbs late autumn. H x S 25cm x 10cm