Pippa’s PLOT
on the allotment is seeing the first tulips bloom. Tulips make supreme cut flowers which only get better with age. The freshly cut buds are elegant and hopeful, but as the days go by they confidently flourish, taking on a life of their own; their stems drooping down and rising to support blousy petals that open to reveal an array of colours. I like to display tulips in a colourful wide-neck vase or jug, giving them room to flop freely and do their wild thing. Cut single tulips are easy to buy in spring – I love seeing buckets of them
