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Related: About this forumFresh tulips
I returned to Longwood Gardens yesterday for the peak of the tulip blooms.












SheltieLover
(81,724 posts)Ty for sharing with us!
Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,990 posts)Every photo is phenomenal. Thank you, my dear Mousetoescamper!
Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)HAB911
(10,599 posts)I can just smell them from here!
Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)Biophilic
(6,682 posts)What a gorgeous way to start a day. Thank you.
Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)2naSalit
(103,811 posts)Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)2naSalit
(103,811 posts)Walleye
(45,484 posts)Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)The paths through the tulip beds were packed; I've never seen so many people at Longwood on a weekday. I had to park in the remote overflow lot and take a shuttle to the entrance, which usually only happens during special fountain-show weekends or the annual Christmas show.
lark
(26,115 posts)The second one is outstanding! I love tulips so much but they do not like FL heat, so are difficult to regrow. I got some this year that were beautiful, dark red outside and inside is very bright yellow with a dark red center and brown freckles - glorious! I'm going to try refrigerating the bulbs in the fall for a few months before planting them. Hopefully it'll be cold enough for them to grow - but that is very iffy for here recently.
Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)I'm in South-Central PA, an hour's drive west of Longwood. I planted tulip bulbs last fall. They should be blooming next week.
LoisB
(13,487 posts)Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)There's an entire bed dedicated to the white tulips and other white flowers. It acts as a cleansing of the visual palete from all the intense palettes of the other beds.
NCgayguy
(255 posts)Hi Mousetoecamper, You sure have an eye for beauty. That second photo is breathtaking! I've always enjoyed your photos and so glad you share with us! Thank you, truly!
Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)Welcome to DU!
Diamond_Dog
(41,056 posts)Do volunteers plant all these bulbs? It must take an army of them!
Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)Longwoods volunteers, staff, students and interns plant the bulbs.
Easterncedar
(6,472 posts)You documented my visit better than I could. It was glorious!
Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)Thanks!
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