Tonyblack wrote:There's something special about daffodils - they really say spring is here!Catch-up wrote:We now have daffodils!
It does!
The hyacinths are about to bloom as well. I love the way they smell!
Love all the pictures everyone!
Just the flowers, ma'am
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by Catch-up » Fri Apr 15, 2011 3:16 pm
It does!
The hyacinths are about to bloom as well. I love the way they smell!
Love all the pictures everyone!
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by Sjoerd3000 » Mon Apr 18, 2011 3:25 pm
Some flowers from my parents garden. I think they are tulips 
A poster outside one shop urged people to Dig For Victory, as if it were some kind of turnip.
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by Tonyblack » Mon Apr 18, 2011 3:49 pm
What sort of Dutchman are you? Of course they're tulips! 
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by Sjoerd3000 » Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:42 pm
My mum is from Amsterdam, though 
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by Sjoerd3000 » Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:44 pm
She planted them
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by Tonyblack » Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:55 pm
I love the story about tulip mania that caused so much trouble in what is now the Netherlands.
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by Sjoerd3000 » Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:10 pm
I love the story about Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq who was ambassador to the Ottoman Empire for Ferdinand I, the Holy Roman Emperor. He (probably) introduced the tulip in the Low Countries.
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by meerkat » Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:32 pm
I have that colour growing in my garden! They are so beautiful. They look so good as the sun is going down. They begin to look black then!
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by Doughnut Jimmy » Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:36 pm
That's gorgeous Mad
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by Sjoerd3000 » Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:38 pm
That's beautiful, Mad!
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