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Majorman

Majorman

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Another view of the Keukenhof Gardens near Amsterdam. One of the comments from yesterday was the fact that tulips, daffodils and hyacinths were growing under trees, did you also notice that all the different colours were separated? There is a secret, none of the bulbs are planted in the ground!!! The gardens are the display area of Dutch bulb growers and all the bulbs are planted in compost, in plastic trays. The flowers are grown on in greenhouses then, just before flowering, are taken into the garden and buried in the soil. That way, when the blooms start to fade, another tray of the same variety but slightly later in flowering is used to replace the tray of fading ones. The different flower beds can have the varieties and plants changed nearly overnight by a number of gardeners.
Keukenhof Gardens
 
I thought the landscape under and around the trees looked pretty rough. I'm used to a much more manicured landscape as in this picture. The procedure you describe explains a lot.
The other thing I think when I see these pictures is how indefatigable these industrious people are to have survived two world wars.
 
That seems to be an awful lot of work, but they do like to work & it shows. Holland is well kept after for the most part.

The picture also reminds me of the tulip topping machine videos. I recall showing the video to my mom & she thought the process was interesting. My gf at the time came in to watch the video & shrieked! I explained, they have to do that to focus the plant's energy into the bulb before harvest. That didn't help. So, I further explained that the tops get plowed under to put some nutrients back into the soil & oh look, there they go. I thought she was going to faint.

Mike
 
We plant tulip bulbs around most of our trees. Mulch heavy with wood chips. Also use day lilies for same purpose. Flowers and tree both thrive. No need to trim grass around trees. Win. win, win.
 
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