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One harbinger of spring that I miss are tulips. Going to Skagit Valley in Washingon State was a highlight of our travels to the Northwest two years ago. You already know how we loved seeing the incredible array of tulips at Keukenhof in the Netherlands.
Hawaii has no tulips of the regular kind except in the flower shops.
However, we do have African tulips (Spathodea campanulata). The blossoms in this case are in the trees all around the islands from April to June. It really is very beautiful even if I do take them for granted.
You can see by the shape of the flowers why it's called a tulip.So I suppose even though we don't have tulips to mark the advent of spring, we do have African Tulips. When this season is over I think we'll have the Shower Tree season. That's really wonderful to behold too!
Oh my, tulips as far as the eye can see.
ReplyDeleteTruthfully, I think those African blossoms are far prettier.
Tulips here in the PNW are really beautiful, I agree. But any flowers are beautiful to me, and I just love those African tulips.
ReplyDeleteyes you have flowers all year round that are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHow pretty !I am seing them for the first time.Looking forward to your future 'Shower Tree Season Post'.
ReplyDeleteduring this spring and summer season, colourful nature can be seen everywhere...
ReplyDeleteThe African tulips are wonderful, Kay. People who take Dutch tulips for granted would probably rave about your trees of tulips.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I don't think you need to worry about being cold in Montana in June.
— K
Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel
I believe it is shower tree season already. The Golden Shower Trees are already blooming along the airport viaduct (H-1). See my post of a few days ago for pics.
ReplyDeleteI just love those rows and rows of tulips in the PNW. So pretty and colorful!
I love tulips of of any kind!!! One of my favorite places is Holland, Michigan where their annual Tulip Festival is a delight for tulip lovers!
ReplyDeleteI love the flowers all year round in Florida also, but there's nothing like tulips, lilacs, daffodils, crocuses and hyacinths. Sure do miss them and love when I get to see them popping up out of the soil.
ReplyDeleteI've been to Skagit Valley twice for the tulip festival. It's a lot of fun. I bought big bouquets of tulips there for my daughters, and the blooms lasted a long time. Once it was even sunny, so all the Northwest residents were wearing big sunglasses, although it wasn't what you or I will call bright.
ReplyDeleteHere, the Royal poincienna next door is starting to bloom, and the African tulip trees are in full flower here. We certainly do take all kinds of beautiful flowering plants and trees for granted, as you say.
I love the islands....all but the humidity. The colors are marvelous, and you get to be in the middle of them all. :)
ReplyDeleteinteresting to know about the African tulip tree, it does look like tulips!
ReplyDeleteOne usually doesn't think of tulips when one thinks of Hawaii! They're gorgeous nonetheless!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment Kathy. Now this post won't look quite so lonely.
ReplyDeleteHeck, I'll join you guys. Those tulips in the PNW and in Hawaii are simply gorgeous. So colorful they raise my spirits to the sky. Lovely photos, Kay.
ReplyDeleteWith our return to cold rain again, our PNW tulips are still going strong, one blessing at least.
ReplyDeleteTropical places like Hawaii have such wonderful, exotic flowers of their own.