workbench

My tulip workbench is literally a bench near the kitchen door. This is where I sort the tulips, strip the leaves, compare and contrast, trim, arrange, photograph, and generally scrutinise.

This morning's pick was fantastic - the tulips are revelling in this cool, wet, cloudy weather and are so much fuller, taller, and stronger than they were (even the Guardian was discussing this subject this morning in an article which prompted the first ever question from a teenager about my tulips).

I lined them all up so they looked as though they could be in test tubes on a laboratory bench, which is quite apposite as this is also my bench for experimenting with combinations.

I'd actually really like to have one of these test tube vases (I think they are sold as 'Flex Vases') or just a few dozen real glass test tubes in wooden holders so I could create a proper indoor or outdoor floral lab installation. Or just carry on experimenting.