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Mar
23
In the Netherlands they say keuken for kitchen and hof for garden, so Keukenhof is "no more" than a kitchen garden… or is it?
Keukenhof tulips
Keukenhof is most known as the "Keukenhof Tulip Garden". Yet don’t be fooled: Keukenhof is much more than just tulips around a typical Dutch windmill…
Keukenhof Gardens
Only the red flowers are tulips, in front and more at the back are daffodils… : spring bulbs form the core of Keukenhof. What’s in a name: all these spring bulbs bloom in spring. Therefore Keukenhof is only open during spring. The other months are intended for maintenance activities at the gardens, and obviously for planting the bulbs.
Keukenhof Opening 2008
In 2008 Keukenhof is open from 20 March to 18 May.
Why do bulbs bloom only in spring?
Flower bulbs are a product of nature. Bulbs contain "extra food" available for the plant. Therefore bulbs have an advantage on all other plants and will be the first to grow and the first to bloom after winter. You can see in the first picture that the tulips are blooming, yet there are still no leaves on the trees.
The temperature is a deciding factor: with a cold spring it takes longer for the bulbs to bloom than with a warmer spring. The mild winter ensured that you could already appreciate lots of flowering bulbs last 2 weeks.
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