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DUTCH NATIONAL TULIP DAY IN AMSTERDAM

Oznell — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 16:05:42 GMT

Missed it by one day! The Dutch have a great idea to bring thoughts of spring into winter, by having a Tulip Day. Thousands of people in front of the Royal Palace are allowed to pick 20 free tulips each, to take home.

My favorite flowers tend to be other ones, for sentimental or other reasons, like lily-of-the-valley, pansies, ranunculus and roses, violets, and gardenias. But there's nothing like the massed effect of fields of ranks and ranks of bright tulips to banish winter blues.

I'd be curious to know what are other people's favorite flowers and why?

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Cakers3 — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 16:12:30 GMT

So pretty.

I'm seeing bouquets of tulips at WF but I find that they are not as sturdy as some other flowers, so I pass on buying. Their petals seem to fall too quickly.

How nice to pick fresh flowers, though. Maybe fresh like that they last longer.

Thanks for sharing!

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cherry — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 16:18:18 GMT

For those of you that love tulips, if you have Britbox ,I think you might enjoy Monty Dons paradise Gardens. It is on Britbox I think, and it might be on Netflix too

He travels all over the mid east visiting gardens ,and they tulips gardens are just out of this world. They are so unusual. I have never seen anything like it. You just can't imagine how lovely a tulip garden can be, until you see them

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Cakers3 — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 16:21:29 GMT

To answer the question: I do enjoy many types of flowers and I keep a vase of fresh flowers at all times.

I do like the iris but again they do not seem to last very long. They are out right now at WF and I will still buy one bunch. Once in a while I'll come across the white iris and will buy those along with the purple.

I tend to buy two batches of the small carnations; they last a long, long time and a batch of baby's breath to fill in.

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Abrowneyegirl — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 16:30:13 GMT

I love tulips! I love the way they move throughout the day when I have them in vases.

I really appreciate the structure of tulips with the contrast of something fluffy like hydrangeas.

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Carmie — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 16:33:37 GMT

I love flowers. Lots of them.

My favorites are Lily of the Valley, Hydrangeas, Roses, Gerbera Daisies and Peonies.

I love to see them outdoors. I seem to get a little sad when they are cut and brought indoors where I know they will wilt and quickly die.

When I was a child, our very large yard was full of flowers from spring to fall...old fashioned Lilies and Lilacs, Bachelor Buttons, Sweet Peas, Roses, Hydrangeas, and all different types of annuals. My maternal grandmother planted the perennials before I was born.

She must have loved flowers too. She passed when I was 6 months so I don't remember her. Her flowers were a connection for me to know a little something about her.

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LindaSal — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 16:43:56 GMT

I got to visit Keukenhof tulip gardens in Amsterdam and I have never seen anything so beautiful, miles and miles of tulips! So pretty and so many different colors, what an experience that was. Thanks for posting @Oznell , brought a smile to my face.

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yellowrose — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 16:54:22 GMT

Near where my daughter use to live was a huge tulip garden, where you could

pick the colors you wanted and then the owner would assembly them into a nice

arrangement for you. Took one of my granddaughters there a couple of

times. It was fun.

My favorite flower....umm, that would be a Yellowrose. Why? Because they

make me happy. But really, I love any flower that grows well for me. My

favorite colors in a garden are yellow, pink and white. Happy Colors.

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chiclets — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 16:54:50 GMT

Lovely

So Beautiful

All those colors so intense and natural

Makes you smile and be reminded of the natural grace and charms of this world

Thank you for sharing

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Oznell — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 17:52:22 GMT

Great insight, @LindaSal -- I do believe that flowers can bring a smile to your face, almost involuntarily! Especially to those sensitive people highly in tune with the beauties of nature...

All these interesting recountings of favorite flowers here made me think of another kind I love-- lilacs. Even though they appear ever so briefly, and don't last long inside. That heavenly scent, though...

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Snoopp — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 17:59:33 GMT

Imagine what great photos you can get in the tulip garden with those colors. Beautiful.

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trenet — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 19:38:27 GMT

@Oznell, Nice post. I always think spring with tulips and daffodils. My favourite bulb though is hyacinth.

@Carmie , Your memories brought back memories of my grandmother's garden (she died when I was 7, so, I am fortunate to have some very nice rememberances.
She let me and my two older sisters select a carnation to put in our hair. I was about 4 and chose a pale pink; one sister a darker pink and my oldest sister a red one.
Like your grandmother, mine had Lilacs, Bachelor Buttons and Sweet Peas; I also remember the carnations, roses, iris, pansies

(I used to make up stories about the pansies with their faces!) and the tall Delphiniums.
An older neighbour of ours also had a beautiful garden with similar flowers; mostly I remember her roses (especially the pink one) and the tall hollyhocks.

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cherry — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 19:47:36 GMT

It might be Acorn Tv and not Britbox. I am not sure

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Tennesseegal — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 19:48:14 GMT

Do any of you remember the readers when we were children that had stories about people and places around the US and the world? My favorite story was about a family in Holland who grew a blue tulip. Ever since then, 40+ years, tulips have been my favorite flower and Keukenhoff Garden is one of my dream tours. I buy them in the store and they are fleeting in their beauty but worth it to me. We have moles in our yard this winter and I'm afraid my tulips won't make it this year but I will plant more!

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Teddie — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 19:57:54 GMT

I love flowers of all kinds—another one of God’s amazing gifts.

My family often brings flowers to me. They tend to get many in the closed stage—that way we can enjoy them as they begin opening before us. My daughter loves to tend to them and take out the ones after they start getting a little old looking. Then she rearranges them and puts them in a smaller vase so we can enjoy them longer.

I can imagine visiting places such as these. We are experiencing -22 so that would be a welcome sight!

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Oznell — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 22:15:24 GMT

@Tennesseegal, the idea of a blue tulip truly captures the imagination, especially the fanciful imagination of a child, as you were! It's like a fairly tale...

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GingerPeach — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 22:19:38 GMT

I love the almost-not-there delicate scent of a tulip.

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Tennesseegal — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 00:50:03 GMT

@Oznell wrote:
@Tennesseegal, the idea of a blue tulip truly captures the imagination, especially the fanciful imagination of a child, as you were! It's like a fairly tale...

I wish I knew the name of that story!

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lovesrecess — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 01:26:48 GMT

DH is from Amsterdam....on our bucket list to be there during the festival!

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Desert Lily — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 01:51:04 GMT

@Oznell I love the simplicity of tulips, daisies, and the cheerful daffodil. Tulips are my favorite. I love and miss the fragrance of lilacs, and when I retire I'll move to where they grow. I love lily of the valley because they're simple and unique and because my mother carried them in her wedding. I adore the stunning fucsia plant because each year my child gave me one to hang above the porch for Mother's Day. Nice thread.