Purple tulips—a cheating from being a true Dickinsonian gardener

Emily Dickinson once called herself “a lunatic on bulbs”, referring to her passion for daffodils, hyacinth and other spring perennials.

So from the mould,
Scarlet and Gold –
Many a Bulb will rise –
Hidden away cunningly,
From sagacious eyes –   

Being true Dickinsonian gardeners, we did everything the way Emily did; we’re not quite ‘lunatic’ as she was, just a bit ‘crazy’—we bought about 300 bulbs of tulips, hyacinths and daffodils and planted them last November.  Realizing that we missed the purple tulips, I bought some from WalMart—a few have blossomed.  Without planting the bulbs I feel like cheating.