Nederlands 2014 (tulips!)

[Trellum]

So, I know I had promised to post the pictures I took of the different tulip varieties I saw while in the Netherlands, but to be honest I was feeling kinda lazy, lol. I finally uploaded somewhere some days ago so I could share them with you. Please excuse the low quality I took them using a mobile phone camera!

 

[DeborahJane]

How pretty. The frilly ones are even more amazing.

 

[Trellum]

 

[Trellum]

 

[IcyBC]

They are screaming spring, @Trellum and they are just so beautiful. I had a few frizzy ones in my garden last year until the squirrels decided to eat them!

 

[Cereus]

Oh gosh. I love tulips! Those are amazing. Reminds me of when I used to go to the Skagit tulip festival in Mt Vernon, WA every spring.

Fun fact about Netherlands and tulips: Tulips were the first speculated commodity to cause the world's first economic bubble.

 

[Fernsdaddy]

Beautiful Tulips, I wish I had better luck growing them. Thanks for sharing them.

 

[DeborahJane]

Oh gosh. I love tulips! Those are amazing. Reminds me of when I used to go to the Skagit tulip festival in Mt Vernon, WA every spring.

Fun fact about Netherlands and tulips: Tulips were the first speculated commodity to cause the world's first economic bubble.

Tulipmania. Have the book

 

[DeborahJane]

Wow and Double Wow! Incredible. We have a tulip farm in my region which has a festival each year. It's crowded so I haven't been but I think I'll have to after seeing your post. Thanks for the nudge Trellum

 

[Trellum]

@DeborahJane I'm glad you liked them Yeah, if you have a local one go! It's lots of fun if you got a good camera. I've a lot different festivals to go to next year (this one was during the winter), so you guys can wait to see even more tulip pictures taken by me

 

[Trellum]

Beautiful Tulips, I wish I had better luck growing them. Thanks for sharing them.

You are welcome! And what's the problem you have when growing them?

Oh gosh. I love tulips! Those are amazing. Reminds me of when I used to go to the Skagit tulip festival in Mt Vernon, WA every spring.

Fun fact about Netherlands and tulips: Tulips were the first speculated commodity to cause the world's first economic bubble.

Thanks for sharing that interesting fact with all us I had no idea! I can imagine how tulips could have caused such a shock and be considered a commodity

 

[Trellum]

They are screaming spring, @Trellum and they are just so beautiful. I had a few frizzy ones in my garden last year until the squirrels decided to eat them!

Oh no I'm sorry yours got eaten! I hope you are more lucky next time You know? It's kinda funny, but I was telling my fiance back then that some of those tulips looked so good I could eat them Hehehe, I've always wondered if they are edible flowers or not.

 

[Cereus]

Thanks for sharing that interesting fact with all us I had no idea! I can imagine how tulips could have caused such a shock and be considered a commodity

When you have the chance you should do a quick read up on it. The history of how it happened and the aftermath is really fascinating.

 

[claudine]

Wow, this looks like heaven!!! All those tulip varieties are beautiful, I couldn't pick one favorite. Which one did you like the most, Trellum? Thank you for sharing so many lovely pictures

 

[Trellum]

Hi! Long time no see! And thank you I only wished I had a better camera back then, some people took some really profesional ones, can you believe one person even used a tripod? My favorite ones had to be the pink frilled ones, as well as the lilac ones. I also liked the ones with red on the bottom and whitish pinking on top So hard to choose!