The beauty of Tulips

The beauty of Tulips

There are many beautiful flowers in the world, but few have ever competed with the abundance and pure beauty that the tulip represents. This gorgeous and colorful flower has many festivals in its honor held around the world. Because it can be grown in so many bright colors, it makes for some beautiful celebrations.

Here are some truly breathtaking photos, with some tulip facts as well!

Colorful fields of tulips as far as the eye can see. These were shot in British Columbia, Canada. Many places around the world celebrate tulip festivals. These fragrant and beautiful flowers used to be so popular that a phrase was coined: "Tulip Mania".

The 'wooden shoes tulip festival' held in Oregon. In 17th century Holland, tulips were so important that you could measure someone's social status by the exotic tulips they cultivated. At the peak of this 'tulip mania', individual exotic tulips would be sold for more than ten times the annual salary of a skilled worker.

Keukenhof, Lisse, The Netherlands. A common sight in Dutch parks during tulip season.

Woodburn Tulip Festival in Oregon.

The photographer who took this photo won the Picsean World Photo contest. We're not surprised, the colors here are breathtaking.

Every year, in the spring, The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival sees hundreds of thousands of visitors come to enjoy the endless colors of the newly blossomed tulips.

A colorful sunset. Tulips come in many hues and colors, but there's one they don't come in: Pure blue. The closest are the violet colored tulips.

You'd think this was shot in Holland, but this is Oregon again. Many believe that Holland is where tulips originated, but in reality, they were first cultivated by the Ottoman Empire (Turkish empire) more than 500 years ago.

The Skagit Valley Tulip fields on a cloudy afternoon.

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