This large tulip bed in Commissioners Park was a draw for me several times during the festival. It was at its peak on that final weekend.
There are panels around this circular bed of tulips in the park, detailing the background of the Tulip Festival with its roots in World War Two. The tulips this year are a mix of an orange-red one, and the Canada 150 tulip with its distinct white and red look, a tulip created for this anniversary year.
Carrying on along the path took me to other tulip beds.
It would be hard to tire of these gorgeous flower beds. This is such a wonderful urban festival.
ReplyDeleteI do love the red ones!
ReplyDeleteAlthough all fabulous the purple still take top spot for me ☺
ReplyDeleteQue maravilha e beleza.
ReplyDeleteUm abraço e boa semana.
Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
O prazer dos livros
...another color explosion.
ReplyDeleteAnd to think all this began back after WWII. Amazing. I like the Canadian tulips!
ReplyDelete@Kay: it is indeed!
ReplyDelete@Halcyon: me too.
@Grace: it is popular.
@Francisco: thanks!
@Tom: indeed.
@Lowell: it's a good legacy.
I love the last photo, where the tulips look a little more unkempt. They look so happy!
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Beautiful, and the purples and yellows blend in beautifully!
ReplyDeleteHello, love the various colors and beautiful tulips. Lovely series of photos. Happy Wednesday, enjoy your day!
ReplyDeleteSpectacular mix of colors. It' surprising how the come up with different colors
ReplyDeleteI like that Canada tulip. I think I like the two colors together.
ReplyDeleteEvery colour is beautiful. How wonderful if tulips can grow in my garden!
ReplyDelete@Janis: that's them at full bloom! They get crowded.
ReplyDelete@Linda: they do indeed.
@Eileen: thank you.
@Red: I wonder how it's done.
@Sharon: they mix well together.
@Nancy: they're a delight to see.
Light! Colour! William!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Tulips William.
ReplyDeleteI hope they keep planting those Canada 150 tulips every year!
ReplyDeleteThe colours are so pretty to see.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful, love the white and red ones.
ReplyDeleteaww, Williams days like today I am so thankful for your bloomie views, this is a lovely place to area and see some beauty, thank you for that my friend, thank you! .... lots going on in my hubby's working environment keeping it wild lately ... hoping it will work out for the best. ( ;
ReplyDeleteMassive carpet of tulips! Do you know how many tulip bulbs have been planted for the Festival?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!! I love tulips!
ReplyDeleteMy post in Photosmusings was the interior of the hotel we've been in this past week in Atlanta Georgia.
@Cloudia: thanks!
ReplyDelete@Carolann: they are.
@RedPat: I hope so too.
@Bill: they are indeed.
@Jenny: me too.
@Beth: thanks.
@Klara: yes, over a million a year, at the very least.
@Chieftess: ah, that explains it. Quite striking!
I sure would like a vase full of any of them!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteAnother incredible display!
ReplyDeleteThese Ottawa tulips just go on forever!
ReplyDeletemix of pink blue and apricot took my eye.
ReplyDeleteCould you name one looney rail journey in Canada that traverses wilderness and stark wide remote areas that are fairly snow covered, please..in the warmer months ...or what months are best for that..not so much the classic forested mountains.
They're just incredible.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely fabulous photographs William, thank you for sharing them here.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
@Janey: they cheer up a home.
ReplyDelete@Lois: definitely.
@Mari: I agree.
@Furry Gnome: so it seems!
@Julia: thank you! Answered over at your blog.
@Norma: they certainly are.
@Jan: you're welcome.