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The humble daisy has been chosen as Dutch national flower by listeners to radio programme Vroege Vogels. Many European countries have a national flower and it is time for the Netherlands to follow ...
1. Pick a flower on National Tulip Day. Each year on the third Saturday of January, Amsterdam’s central Dam Square comes alive with around 200,000 tulips that make up a temporary garden.
Tulips, the national flower of the Netherlands, are in abundance, with 800 varieties in the gardens alone. Tulips bloom alongside a windmill in the Garden of Europe in Lisse, the Netherlands.
Tourists visit the Keukenhof flower garden in Lisse, Netherlands, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Molly Quell) People visit flower fields in bloom near Lisse, Netherlands, Wednesday, April 2, 2025.
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Winter blues 0, joyful color 1. Tulip growers in the Netherlands beat back winter — if only for a day — with a riotous explosion of color Saturday as they turned … ...
People visit flower fields in bloom near Lisse, Netherlands, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Farmers use acrylic cloth for insulation to grow tulips earlier in the season, near ...