Every year I LOVE these tulips....they look like velvet.  And I never get what I consider a superb shot....usually the sun is too harsh or they have fallen all over and just no way to get a good shot.
And they are not purple I have--you would think purple was my favorite color.  It isn't...it just happens I have a lot of purple.
There is also this purple iris, and I have a couple more that I have not photographed yet.  Besides the irises not photographed, I didn't take any of my lilac.
 Today I also took these of the wisteria!