The honky tonk blues

I have happy memories about the The Rolling Stones song Honky Tonk Woman. So when last October I spotted botanical tulips at the flower market, called “Honky Tonk”, I just had to buy these. Honky Tonk; a funny name for a tulip. 

Immediately the chorus of the song starts singing in my head….

“It's the honky tonk women

Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues”

Back home as I plant the tulips in the grass basket, again the chorus of the song starts singing in my head! And every time and time again as I walk by the basket, the chorus starts in my mind. Sometimes it stays in my head the whole day. I even made my own lyrics to it:

“It’s the honky tonk TULIP

Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues”

But there is more to come.

After a winter of waiting (and singing), the tulips are in bloom. Alas, …….it is not tulip Honky Tonk I planted! The tulips are bright pink, whilst Honky Tonk tulips should be a soft yellow. I realise, all that singing was for nothing, ………..or? 

Or is this what they call the honky tonk blues?

Enjoy your week

 Hetty
romantic rose garden
Info about the garden see link above

Autumn wired basket with turf

Spring, the same basket with tulips

It turns out to be Tulipa Little Beauty

I fill the terrace with pots to enjoy spring.

Tulipa Little Beauty no blues for me!