Joyful tulips. Gentle flowers.
Mixed with some white flowers that look a bit like roses, but are something else. These were my valentines day present. They are keeping well. I love the way they open up. The stems bend and buckle depending on how much water they have. When the water level falls they droop. I’ve given them a bit of plant food to keep them going
I was thinking about why a lot of my flowers in my garden had kept flowering late into November and December last year. Then yesterday I heard a report that about 40% of the world’s insect population has disappeared in the last few years. Could it be that they are not around to pollinate my garden flowers. And if they are not here for flowers what about fruit and crops.
Recent bans on nicotinoid pesticides may be lifted although they have been implicated in the death of bees.
The world’s ecology must come first. Otherwise the life of all plants that need pollenation by insects may be seriously at risk.
Mallaband-Brown 
Beautiful flowers! Tulips always make me think of spring. I had not realized that we have lost that much of the insect population. I wish more people thought like you. I try to do my own small part with my gardens in my little corner of the world.
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😊 We have all sorts of fruit trees. An apple. Two cherry trees, a damson tree, a walnut. The birds get a fair share of the fruit. I can hear the dawn chorus outside now. X
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That is wonderful! The bees seem to love our black currant bushes. I am looking forward to hearing the birds again, because it will mean spring is here!
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Yes we have Robins singing in the garden now
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Lovely
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