What is going on with the tulips!?!
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April 30 is a national holiday in the Netherlands. It's the day that the Dutch pause to honor their queen and all things Dutch. In Amsterdam, young people don something orange - the national color - and try to find a place on one of the many party boats that parade through the canals.
Queen's Day often coincides with peak bloom in the tulip fields, but not this year. Spring has been slow in coming to the Netherlands. Most years, the growers have cut all of the flowers by the end of the first week of May. This year there may still be tulips in the fields until the middle of the month. Will the crop be affected by the tardy spring? That question can't be answered until the tulip bulbs are dug in late June or early July.
(If you would like to learn more about the commercial cultivation of tulips in North Holland, the largest bulb-growing region in the Netherlands, click here for a great slide show.)
This will be the last Queen's Day for some time. Queen Beatrix has abdicated in favor of her son (as her mother did for her and her grandmother did for her mother - a very polite and civilized passing of the torch). Prince Willem-Alexander takes the throne today. He is the first king the Dutch have had since 1890. Next year, the Dutch will celebrate his day, King's Day, on his birthday, April 27.
The Colorblends Team
From on of our most trusted vendors!!
April 30 is a national holiday in the Netherlands. It's the day that the Dutch pause to honor their queen and all things Dutch. In Amsterdam, young people don something orange - the national color - and try to find a place on one of the many party boats that parade through the canals.
Queen's Day often coincides with peak bloom in the tulip fields, but not this year. Spring has been slow in coming to the Netherlands. Most years, the growers have cut all of the flowers by the end of the first week of May. This year there may still be tulips in the fields until the middle of the month. Will the crop be affected by the tardy spring? That question can't be answered until the tulip bulbs are dug in late June or early July.
(If you would like to learn more about the commercial cultivation of tulips in North Holland, the largest bulb-growing region in the Netherlands, click here for a great slide show.)
This will be the last Queen's Day for some time. Queen Beatrix has abdicated in favor of her son (as her mother did for her and her grandmother did for her mother - a very polite and civilized passing of the torch). Prince Willem-Alexander takes the throne today. He is the first king the Dutch have had since 1890. Next year, the Dutch will celebrate his day, King's Day, on his birthday, April 27.
The Colorblends Team
