Tulips bloom everywhere in the world
Alice Chamley
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Tulips are a very hearty and beautiful flower that never fails to bloom! They are the most colorful of all spring flowers, and also the easiest flowers you ll ever grow.
Just plant the bulbs in the fall for blossoms the following spring. When we see their colors beginning, we know spring is really here.
We have only a short time to enjoy them because they don t last very long, about one to two weeks, depending on the weather. They do best if it stays cool.
Historians believe the tulip probably originated on land somewhere between Northern China and Southern Europe. The plants were soon cultivated in the Ottoman Empire, (present day Turkey) and then imported into Holland in the 16th century.
Peak bloom: A look at the 2021 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival Jimmy Bernhard
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A sure sign of spring returned to western Washington as colorful blooms of tulips and daffodils blanketed fields of Skagit Valley during the annual tulip festival.
While the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival went virtual last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, visitors are allowed back into the fields this year with COVID-19 precautions in place.
But visitors looking to get outside and enjoy the picturesque fields of color at RoozenGaarde and Tulip Town are slowly running out of time to get their Instagram-worthy photo op.
Caroline and Jeremy Leung from Seattle take photos of each other at TulipTown tulip farm near Mt Vernon, Washington in April, 2021. Credit: KUOW Photo/Joshua McNichols
Mt. Vernon looks to tulip tourists for rescue from pandemic slump Apr 22, 2021
The big question is whether visitors to those farms can help businesses in Mt. Vernon recover.
Historic downtown Mt. Vernon sits on a narrow strip of land squeezed between I-5 and the Skagit river.
Just across the river are tulip farms. Every April, those farms erupt in color when the tulips bloom.
Tourists flock there. On their way, many of them pass through Mt. Vernon. âThey come to see the tulips â they stop for lunch or dinner,â said Nereida Caro, owner of Catrina Tacos and Beer. âItâs very important for us, the tulips.â
MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: April 15, 2021 Watching people is sometimes more fun than seeing the flowers. A tractor ride along the tulip fields.
After being cancelled last year, the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is well underway, running through April 30.
The two main sites where you can visit and take photos are: Photos by David Carlos
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