Bulbs: My bed of tulips 2013, 1 by LeawoodGardener

LeawoodGardener wrote:
The rain and snow were pretty devastating to the peony-flowering tulips. We received about two inches of moisture, in the form of a gentle, but cold rain, turning to sleet and eventually snow over the last two days. The tulips can handle the cold, but the weight of the rain and snow on the enormous blooms caused many stems to snap, leaving blooms lying on the ground.

The individual blooms on all varieties are spectacular, but I really like the red variety best. They are interesting before they open and glorious when fully opened. Some of them have not yet opened, and they survived the rain and snow just fine.