The Spring Tulips at Butchart Gardens for Today's Flowers.
In May the bulbs are ready at the Butchart Gardens. The gardeners have planted over 100,000 tulip bulbs of every size, shape and color. When the bulbs are finished they have to be deadheaded and then dug up and stored for the next year. It was a cold winter this year with some snow so the bulbs were a bit late. There are hundreds of thousands of bulbs along with many shrubs and trees all with their spring flowers and scents. The gardens were started around 1904 by the Butchart family who were pioneers developing Portland Cement. I have to admire a family who have continued to preserve their garden and offer it for the world to see through many generations even in tough economic times. The gardens can just dazzle your eyes with wandering paths streaming like rivers through a wild fantasy of colors. When you leave you wonder if it was real.
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Beautiful!We don't have tulips in florida,the winters are too warm.
Wow lovely shot of the tulips-thanks for posting:)
Those are gorgeous tulips.
So vibrant in color! Tulips are one of my favourite flowers - and these are gorgeous! Great shot!
Have a nice day!
Beautiful, such brilliant red color. The garden must be a very impressive place to visit during the Spring with so many tulips. Thanks for sharing,
I saw yur photo and just wanted to ask 'in the Bichard Gardens?' when I saw your caption.
Both the gardens and your photo are lovely.
Oh wow, those are beautiful. Do you live close to Butchart Gardens? I went there years ago but would so love to go back with my new interest in flower photography.
The Tulips are beautiful.Butchart Gardens is a lovely place,which I have only visited once,but,have fond memoreis of.
Blessings,Ruth
ooh la la, so pretty.
These are indeed beautiful! :-) thank you for your visit and greetings from Croatia.
Tulips-season in Finland is over, yours still life.
Nice tulips and nice picture.
Excellent image of the tulips and what a lovely garden!
That is a very beautiful red!
Tulips are always lovely to look and these ones have petals that look so delicate like a paper. Beautiful color too.
I've seen some photos from that garden. It looks like a beautiful place.
I remember longing for spring to get here, and now, I'm wondering where it went.
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Hello, first of all I would like to thank you for visiting my blog about my dog. I viewed all your photos and I swear it's really nice. Hope you come and visit my blogs again.
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Beautiful tulips! They are always strong flowers. I have the same kind of tulips and they in bloom for days at the end of March, beginning of April. I just leave them in the garden and the following year they will be back.
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lovely photos here..i can say you seems like a professional photographer..thanks for sharing..have a great day too!
these tulips are so beautiful...the ones in our garden are all gone now!
what a gorgeous red tulip flowers. great post for this entry.
wow i'm so crazy about tulip flowers. i love the red one so pretty. thanks for sharing.
Red tulips are winners for sure!
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Beautiful tulips!! One of my favorite spring time flowers.
I went to Butchart Gardens many years ago to wander through and have dinner there. We stayed for the evening lights as well. It is an awesome place to go to!!
Fantastic your red tulips!
Thanks for sharing these beautiful flowers!
Luiz
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Your picture is looking good! Very pretty Tulips.
Dreamy and beautiful.
Wow ! What wonderful gorgeous red tulips. Tulips are uncommon in India - the only Tulips grown here are in the Rashtrapati Bhavan (or the Presidential Palace designed & constructed by Le Corbusier during the days of the British Raj) in New Delhi. They are on view for a very short period every year when the doors of the Palace Gardens are thrown open to the public during winter.
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Beautiful shot. So many Tulips in one place.
Such wonderful & colorful tulips! And a lovely scenery! It must be the island of the heaven on earth :)
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Such wonderful and colorful tulips! And a wonderful scenery,too. Your island looks just great! :)
Thanks so much for the comments, I have enjoyed them all....I am trying to get to each of your blogs, if I don't make it this week I will next week.
W-O-W! lots of them and so beautifully vibrant
WOWW!! This is color explotion!!
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The tulip photos are just breathtaking they are so beautiful. I would love to have a comment from you on my recent post about healthcare. I would love to hear how you feel about healthcare there. Thanks so much.
Wow, so beautiful. Your pictures are vibrant and gorgeous!! You make me want to catch the next flight and head for your part of this beautiful continent, so you can give me a tour of your area. I love the new look of your page. It makes the colors in your pictures "pop". Really stunning!
I'm sorry I haven't been here in such a long time. I barely post to my blog anymore and don't visit blogs anymore because my time just isn't my own. Coming here today reminds me of the special things I'm missing. Your photography is exquisite and I'm missing out on so much!! Hopefully, things will improve in the next year. We'll see.
Take care of yourself, keep in touch when you can, and I'll see you when I can. xoxo
Lovely tulips and sucha vibrant red! I have not been to the beautiful Butchart Gardens but a friend gave me a booklet of lovely flowers. I still have it :)
What LOVELY red tulips ;--)
It's too warm where I live to grow them, but I did share Red Roses at HRG and Pastel Roses at Small Reflections this week.
Hugs and blessings,
Wow! I wish I could see the gardens myself, it is just what I need ;)
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