I walked past the bulbs in a jar in the store, then turned around to get one. We don’t have any tulips, and there was an orange one available on the shelf, according to the picture.

My thought was I could reuse the container to force more bulbs, and the orange bulbs could be planted once the flowers were spent.

The tulips bloomed, but looked very strange, not like the picture at all, or like a classic tulip. I believe these are peony tulips, which are still tulips, but they have multiple sets of petals instead of a single set seen in a classic tulip. I’m not sure how I feel about them; it seems they are trying too hard. We have triple day lilies growing out front, and I feel the same about them. Showy, but not elegant.

I’m not sure how the bulbs will do outside once they’ve been forced inside, but we’ll give it a go to see.