FLOWER POWER
| Published date | 17 April 2024 |
| Publication title | Journal, The |
Arundel Castle, West Sussex Held every April, the castle's tulip festival is reputed to be one of the top tulip displays in Europe, set against the dramatic backdrop of the castle gardens.
This year's event features more than 100,000 tulips of all shapes, colours and sizes and showcases more than 120 different named tulips planted by award-winning head gardener Martin Duncan and his team.
There's an array of captivating varieties, including 'Foxy Foxtrot', 'Purple Passionale', 'White Triumphator', 'Angelique', 'Madame Lefeber', 'Curley Sue' and 'Flaming Spring Green'.
Keukenhof, Holland There will be an anniversary exhibition this year as Keukenhof, one of the world's most famous bulb gardens, celebrates its 75th jubilee. Home to a staggering seven million spring-flowering bulbs including tulips and daffodils, over 79 acres, visitors can also admire the accompanying art sculptures and waterways.
The season lasts until May 12, after which the bulbs are dug up enabling the cycle of autumn planting, spring flowering and summer harvesting to start anew. New designs are created every year.
Newby Hall& Gardens, near Ripon, North Yorkshire The garden team at Newby Hall, famed for its eye-catching 172m-long double herbaceous border, has planted over 8,500 tulips this year for extra flower power. Visitors can enjoy the late spring blooms in Sylvia's garden, the rose garden and the white garden.
The location is often used in film and screen productions such as Peaky Blinders, Victoria, and Gentleman Jack, and boasts 14 stunning garden 'rooms', two heritage orchards and 30 acres of woodland, as well as its stunning double border.
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Hampton Court Palace Tulip Festival, East Molesey, Surrey The royal palace will burst into colour with over 100,000 bulbs for its annual tulip festival (until May 6), one of the UK's largest displays of planted tulips, as the bright blooms burst from every corner of the formal gardens and historic cobbled courtyards. Hampton Court Palace has a long association with the ele-
Hall & Gardens tulip, as former resident Queen Mary II was a keen horticulturist and collected exotic plants.
New this year, thousands of tulips will spill from a Victorian horse cart in the heart of the palace courtyards, giving the appearance of a Dutch flower seller's cart in this dramatic Tudor space. Dazzling displays will feature across the gardens...
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