This was a very good year for the tulips in Ottawa and Gatineau, particularly here at Commissioner's Park. In regards to questions from yesterday as to how many bulbs get planted a year, the numbers are well over a million in any given year, and often more.
The red-purple tulips dominating this particular bed of tulips below are named after the artist Vincent Van Gogh. A very fitting choice, as this year is the 125th anniversary of his death.
Amazing!
ReplyDeleteLovely, my favourite is the first photo! :)
ReplyDeleteThe first photo is also my favourite, but all are beautiful !
ReplyDeleteI am really enjoying all these varieties. The only thing better would be to see them in person.
ReplyDeleteWow it is really a riot ... of colour.
ReplyDeleteI'm overwhelmed by the amount of work these tulip beds would require.
ReplyDeletemy mouth hung open scrolling through this beauty!
ReplyDeleteAre they dug up and replanted every year then? If so you should ask for a behind the scene's look at where they are stored and how?
ReplyDeleteOh wow, over a million! It must be a lot of work to plant that many, but the outcome is splendid! I especially love the 1st pic today. So beautiful!
ReplyDeleteyou have gone tulip overboard, or should i say tulips abound? i was trying to think of a overboard word? my mind fails me. way pretty to me. i enjoy them. ( :
ReplyDeleteso rainy here in VA ... it nice to see some happy cheerful views.
Too fabulous! I love it when there's a rogue tulip, one that dares to be different from the rest, like the red tulip in the fourth shot ,:)
ReplyDeleteWhat is the tulip capital of the world? Holland? Ottawa has to be in the running.
ReplyDeleteOne million tulips! That's awesome. With all the colors , a lot of tulip varieties have been developed. What a lot of work. I know one Canadian who has his variety growing in Holland.
ReplyDeletea million, wow!! beautiful!
ReplyDelete@Whisk: thanks!
ReplyDelete@Linda: thank you. That bed was particularly lovely this year, and rather late blooming.
@Karl: thanks!
@Halcyon: I'm lucky to live here and get to see them each year.
@Peter: it certainly is.
@Revrunner: they've got quite a workforce out there doing this.
@Hilary: thanks!
@Gill: I have no idea where they're stored, but yes, the bulbs are replanted each year. At present they're putting in the summer flowers.
ReplyDelete@Tamago: thank you!
@Beth: tulip overboard is a good way to put it!
@Grace: that one does stand out, though there are a few more of that colour in the background.
@Birdman: there's a place called Keukenhof, if I've got the spelling right, in the Netherlands, which is pretty much the premier spot in the world to see tulips in spring.
@Red: I saw a number not too long ago for how many different types there are. I recall it's a four digit number.
@Tanya: thanks!
We could use even a fraction of these bulbs...
ReplyDeleteI love the purple and yellow and those dark, deep reds are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThat third photo is stunning!!
ReplyDeletereally lovely variety of shades!
ReplyDeleteYou are presenting a wondeful sea of flowers again today.
ReplyDeleteOver a million? That's mind-blowing. Love all the differentiations in color!
ReplyDelete@VP: and we have no shortage of them!
ReplyDelete@Sharon: I think so too.
@Jackie: thank you!
@Tex: I agree.
@Jan: I'm wondering if anyone's getting tired of tulips!
@Lowell: there was such a rich number of colours this year.
A million or more! Wow!
ReplyDeleteI wonder what Van Gogh would have thought of tulips named after him!
ReplyDeleteWonderful tribute to Van Gough William, but I really like the colours with the first picture...
ReplyDeleteVincent loved colour and what a fitting tribute to an incredible artist who was never fully appreciated in his life-time.
ReplyDeleteHow many times can I type beautiful?
ReplyDeleteI saw them pulling out tulip bulbs in a park here today - time for the annuals to go in.
ReplyDelete@Cheryl: it's a big production.
ReplyDelete@Ciel: I think he would have approved.
@Geoff: thank you!
@Dianne: he wasn't, but he was great.
@Mari: there seems no shortage of that comment about tulips!
@RedPat: the same is underway here too.
Ottawa seems to exploding in flowers lately. This is so much better than the white and gray winter, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteWonderful assortment.
ReplyDeleteSo many beautiful colors!
ReplyDeleteHard to believe all of those tulips will be replaced by annuals. What a job!
ReplyDeleteI love all of them...but the first one is my favourite!
ReplyDeleteFirst shot is one of your BEST, William!
ReplyDeleteALOHA from Honolulu,
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Wow! I want a field or two.
ReplyDeleteAmazing! I can certainly believe there are a million or more. It must be quite a treat to see them each year.
ReplyDelete@Kate: it's a wonderful event.
ReplyDelete@Randy: thanks!
@Helen: no shortage of colour.
@EG: it is a big job.
@Norma: thank you.
@Cloudia: thanks!
@Shelly: I love seeing them.
@Kay: it is, yes.