With Mike and Terri Church
Flower Market
Holland is world
famous for its flowers, especially tulips. Although not many are grown
within the city, just a short drive north is the Bolembollenstreek, a
19-mile strip which is t
he
most important bulb-growing area in The Netherlands. Different bulbs bloom
at differing times of the year with tulips climaxing usually in mid to late
April. We were just a couple of weeks early to catch the tulips in bloom,
but communities near the bulb fields were brightly in bloom with crocus and
daffodils which typically bloom earlier than the tulip.
Not many fresh tulips were offered for sale at the Bloemenmarket, Amsterdam's last floating flower market, but the florist still had lots of colorful imitations and bulbs.
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