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500,000 Tulips

CrazyKittyLvr2 — Wed, 06 May 2026 17:41:11 GMT

There is a farm in the next county from us and i was told they plant 500,000 tulips every year. I went to their facebook page, holy cow, rows and rows of every color of tulip. I love tulips.

It's open to the public (there is a fee I think). Of course you can buy bunches of tulips. I think they also have a store. There were pictures of baby animals they have.

Later in the summer it is sunflowers.

I would love to go but fields and this blasted walker might not be a good combo.

What is your favorite flower

Re: 500,000 Tulips

Nightowlz — Wed, 06 May 2026 18:09:52 GMT

Have you seen the fields of Tulips in Holland?

Google Tulip Fields & click on Images. Lots of pretty tulip pictures.

I love tulips. I also love the smell of Hyacinths. You know that's what it is when you walk past it & smell the aroma.

I think Freesia is my favorite.

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DJs mom — Wed, 06 May 2026 18:32:10 GMT

My favorite flowers are sunflowers and calla lilies

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shoekitty — Wed, 06 May 2026 19:16:56 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 I love tulips...., oh I just love to view when planted enmasse. That said, where I live in California the Squirrels eat them like Belgium Truffles.. one year I planted over 60 bulbs. The ones they didn't get the first night out, they got later. We put chicken wire over ground to no avail. We tried potting them. No luck. I do buy them in pots at nursery or Trader Joe's in season, but not the same. There is something about tulips planted hundred and hundreds together. That takes my breath away I love the purple, and bright pinks with oranges. Oh my

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newjersey — Wed, 06 May 2026 19:07:04 GMT

My favorite flower is/are tulips. Love them.

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tansy — Wed, 06 May 2026 19:10:43 GMT

Maybe take a drive over? I imagine the fields would be visible from the road.

The tulip fields in LaConner WA are beautiful.

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Franklinbell — Wed, 06 May 2026 19:11:54 GMT

How stunning! The sheer beauty of rows and rows and rows! Breathtaking!

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rms1954 — Wed, 06 May 2026 19:19:29 GMT

Where I live we have a tulip festival every year in the capital city commemorating traditional Dutch street scrubbing, and the Tulip Queen coronation. 140,000 tulips in 150 varieties.

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rms1954 — Wed, 06 May 2026 19:20:03 GMT

My favorite flower is lily of the valley and lilacs.

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Stray — Wed, 06 May 2026 19:23:58 GMT

My favorite flower is the peony & the scent of gardenia

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Carmie — Wed, 06 May 2026 19:31:38 GMT

My daughter and her friends went to a huge tulip field/farm and bought bouquets...cut to order. They were beautiful and there were many varieties.

I no longer plant tulips because the bulbs are not long lasting. Daffodil bulbs last forever and never need replacing.

My favorite flowers are Peonies and Lilly of the Valley. I like violets too.

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Nightowlz — Wed, 06 May 2026 19:49:16 GMT

@DJs mom wrote:
My favorite flowers are sunflowers and calla lilies

@DJs mom

Calla Lilies is another of my favorites. I couldn't think of the name when I posted.

Re: 500,000 Tulips

Katrinka23 — Wed, 06 May 2026 20:12:25 GMT

@Nightowlz wrote:
Have you seen the fields of Tulips in Holland?
Google Tulip Fields & click on Images. Lots of pretty tulip pictures.
I love tulips. I also love the smell of Hyacinths. You know that's what it is when you walk past it & smell the aroma.
I think Freesia is my favorite.

When I visited Holland many years ago in the month of April, I remember so well the fields and fields of tulips. Sadly, they were growing them for the bulbs and not the flowers. A beautiful memory!

Re: 500,000 Tulips

shoekitty — Wed, 06 May 2026 21:49:54 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 @Katrinka23 @Stray @Nightowlz

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ROMARY — Wed, 06 May 2026 21:54:35 GMT

Carnations and Jasmine.

Some carnations smell heavenly. Others don't smell at all. (Buying them from our local supermarket).

Anyway, I love the scented variety of carnations, and I love to smell the scent of jasmine as I walk by one of our neighbors house around the corner.

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RedTop — Wed, 06 May 2026 22:24:13 GMT

My favorites are lilacs, wild violets, irises, pansies, and lillies.

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shoekitty — Wed, 06 May 2026 22:44:23 GMT

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Wed, 06 May 2026 23:26:54 GMT

I love lilacs too. I have 2 lilac trees that are 30 years old. My son got them for me for Mother's Day the year we moved down here. Some years there are a ton of flowers or years not so much. i think this year they will be sparse.

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pigletsmom2 — Thu, 07 May 2026 00:15:19 GMT

@rms1954 wrote:
Where I live we have a tulip festival every year in the capital city commemorating traditional Dutch street scrubbing, and the Tulip Queen coronation. 140,000 tulips in 150 varieties.

@rms1954 Ha I was just about to menton this.

Re: 500,000 Tulips

ROMARY — Thu, 07 May 2026 01:10:29 GMT

There is a city in Michigan with the name 'Holland', Michigan where tulips are grown and shown.