Apr
24
Keukenhof
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Keukenhof gardens
Just a reminder that the Keukenhof gardens are half way its 2 months of showing visitors the most magnificent spring gardens.
This last Easter, the Easter flowers in Keukenhof in the Netherlands reached their peak of visitors in the history of Keukenhof!
Keukenhof Easter Flowers
(Beautiful Purple Tulips)
Picture of Tulips from Chicago Sun Times
Purple Tulips
The best spot on earth to walk through purple tulips in between the garden flowers of Keukenhof. The spring bulbs are now in full bloom at the Keukenhof Gardens in the Netherlands.
I do love to stroll around in floral shops with big green houses, but nothing compares to Keukenhofs’ 7 million spring flowers, mostly tulips, yet also earlier in spring daffodils and hyacinths. 80 acres of spring flowers and tulip fields outside the Dutch town of Lisse, nearby Amsterdam, will still be open until may 20th.
Dutch Tulips near Chicago
For those who can’t make it to Europe this year, the tulip festival in Holland, Mich., is as close as it gets to the Dutch tulip gardens. Holland is a quaint town with Dutch roots, about a 2.5-hour drive from Chicago. Its annual tulip festival takes place May 5-12.
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Apr
14
Easter flowers
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Easter Flowers
Although Easter is already a long time passed, we keep on having lots of "Easter Flowers" in our garden. Yes, that’s the name we give to daffodils…
Easter flowers : daffodils
Why this nick name? Because daffodils are normally flowering around Easter. To be exact:
- Easter flowers fresh from the flower bulbs,
- Easter eggs found spread over the land
These are all symbols representing a new spring, time to start sowing seeds and planting plants in order to start the new planting season.
Just that the early Christian "invaders" needed to change these important pagan days, so they related everything as good as they could to Easter.
Having said that, we still will be looking forward to a good harvest and an enjoyable garden filled with flowers!
Easter lily
Easter lily
The most famous of the Easter flowers is the Easter lily. Lilium longiflorum has like the name says long flowers. Like any lily the flowers are kind of trumpet shaped. The Easter lily stands out with its typical :
- white flowers and
- scented perfume.
You will surely find lilies in the flower shops or at any florist. Lilies are a great and popular gift when visiting people around Easter or any day in spring for that matter.
You can also plant lilies outside in your flower garden.
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Apr
12
Send Flowers
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Send Flowers: Tulips
Last minute shopping for surprising your loved one? Why don’t you buy some typical yellow daffodils or go for cute tulips.
Have a lovely spring day!
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