Fresh tulips

[Mousetoescamper]

I returned to Longwood Gardens yesterday for the peak of the tulip blooms.

[SheltieLover]

1. Beautiful!

Ty for sharing with us!

[Mousetoescamper]

2. Thanks and you're welcome, SheltieLover!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Wow! Stunning. glorious, breathtaking . . . well, you get the idea.

Every photo is phenomenal. Thank you, my dear Mousetoescamper!

[Mousetoescamper]

5. Thanks and you're welcome, Peggy!

[HAB911]

4. Wow

I can just smell them from here!

[Mousetoescamper]

6. Thanks, HAB911!

[Biophilic]

7. Oh, my, those are truly stunning.

What a gorgeous way to start a day. Thank you.

[Mousetoescamper]

8. Thanks and you're welcome, Biophilic!

[2naSalit]

9. Beautiful!!

[Mousetoescamper]

10. Thanks, 2naSalit!

[2naSalit]

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[Walleye]

12. Wow, lovely. And such variety. Longwood Gardens really does the tulips right

[Mousetoescamper]

15. Thanks, Walleye!

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]

13. These tulips are so beautiful!

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]

16. Thanks, lark!

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]

14. Beautiful photographs. I really like the white ones in photo 5. Thank you for the beauty.

[Mousetoescamper]

17. Thanks and you're welcome, LoisB!

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]

18. Awesome!

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]

19. Thanks and you're welcome, NCgayguy!

Welcome to DU!

[Diamond_Dog]

20. Always my favorite flower of spring. So many beautiful varieties and colors!

Do volunteers plant all these bulbs? It must take an army of them!

[Mousetoescamper]

21. They're my favorites of the cultivated spring flowers; the trilliums are my favorites of the wild

Longwood’s volunteers, staff, students and interns plant the bulbs.

[Easterncedar]

22. I didn't take many pictures today

You documented my visit better than I could. It was glorious!

[Mousetoescamper]

23. I'm overjoyed that you had a glorious visit to Longwood

Thanks!