This is the official tulip of Canada’s 150th anniversary. Isn’t it a bit out of character? Rather immodest and assertive?
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This is the official tulip of Canada’s 150th anniversary. Isn’t it a bit out of character? Rather immodest and assertive?
Fire Flower!
I’d grow those.
That’s wearing out the pixels on my panel!
Here in Ottawa, in May each year, we have the Tulip Festival, with over a million tulips. This all came about thanks to the Dutch royal family being grateful for our hospitality during WW2, plus our troops helping to liberate the Netherlands from occupation.
Wow. That’s beautiful
#4 / Dick: Amateurs. (I live in Amsterdam (: )
Fun fact: the multi-colors come from a virus.
Wow. I am not usually impressed by cultivated beauty, but that is impressive. (The red really does evoke a maple leaf, a bit.)
Vive Canada!
If you think Canada is always modest and self-effacing, I suggest a visit to Montreal in festival season, which is most of the year.
*sigh* makes me miss the Tulip Festival every April in Skagit Valley.
#6 @Derek Vandivere
“Fun fact: the multi-colors come from a virus.”
Actually, this was produced by “simple” breeding as far as <a href="http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/maple-leaf-tulip-unveiled-to-honour-canada-s-150-1.2894256"I can see – are you referring to the Tulip Breaking Virus? Infected plants are supposed to be destroyed, not promoted and distributed through local hardware stores.
I’m not into flowers, but DAMN! That’s impressive!
It’s true! We celebrate all the warmish-to-steaming-hot parts of the year, plus the coldest part. There’s not many festivals in October and November, nor in March and April.
I’m not sure what effect global warming will have. Last winter lacked snow and cold, which made things like igloofest a bit anticlimactic.
Good luck growing a flower that looks like the US flag.