🇳🇱 The flowers of the Netherlands
17 pages from the Netherlands: its flowers, the things made with them and the places to see them, across 9 cities and regions.
The flowers, flower customs and flower places of the Netherlands on Phool. An overview of the country's plant life has not been written yet.
Flower experiences in the Netherlands
🇳🇱 Amsterdam · All yearThe floating Bloemenmarkt on the SingelA row of flower stalls built on barges along Amsterdam's Singel canal, selling bulbs, seeds and cut tulips.
🇳🇱 Aalsmeer · All yearWatching the Aalsmeer flower auction at dawnThe world's largest flower auction, seen from a gallery above a hall of moving carts near Schiphol airport.
🇳🇱 Lisse · Apr to MayThe bulb fields of the Bollenstreek in bloomLong stripes of hyacinth, daffodil and tulip on the sandy flats between Haarlem and Leiden, at their best in mid to late April.
🇳🇱 Lisse · Mar to MayKeukenhof in tulip seasonA woodland park in Lisse planted each autumn with millions of bulbs and open for about eight weeks in spring.
🇳🇱 Lisse · Apr to MayCycling the bulb fields from Lisse to the dunesA flat day's ride on marked cycle paths through flowering bulb fields between Lisse, Hillegom and Noordwijk.Cities and regions of the Netherlands
TulipTulipa
Spring-blooming bulbs with showy, cup-shaped flowers in many colours
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 7 more · Wildflower
Narcissus
Spring-flowering bulbs with trumpet-shaped blooms in white, yellow, and orange
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Wildflower
LindenTilia
Tall, broad-leaved trees with fragrant yellow flowers and heart-shaped leaves
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering tree
Forget-me-notMyosotis
Small blue wildflowers known for remembrance and love
🇳🇿 New Zealand and 7 more · Wildflower
Crocus
Small corm-grown flowers in white, yellow, orange or purple
🇹🇷 Turkey and 7 more · Wildflower
HyacinthHyacinthus
A spring-blooming bulb with fragrant, colourful flower spikes
🇹🇷 Turkey and 7 more · Bulb flower
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
A bright yellow wildflower of marshes and wet woodlands in cool climates
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Bee orchidOphrys apifera
A wild orchid with flowers that mimic the look and scent of a female bee
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Wildflower
Place
Vondelpark
Amsterdam’s 47-hectare city park with gardens, ponds, theatre and statues
Amsterdam, 🇳🇱 Netherlands · Flower garden
Place
Anna Paulowna
A Dutch town in North Holland named after a Russian queen
Anna Paulowna, 🇳🇱 Netherlands · Flower garden
Greater Pasque FlowerPulsatilla grandis
A violet spring flower of open meadows and hillsides in central Europe
🇫🇷 France and 7 more · Wildflower
Place
Keukenhof
A vast Dutch flower garden famous for its spring tulip displays
Lisse, 🇳🇱 Netherlands · Flower garden, Mar to May
Decoration
Floristry
The craft and trade of arranging and selling flowers
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 3 more · Arrangement
Scilla luciliae
A small blue-and-white spring bulb from western Turkey
🇹🇷 Turkey and 3 more · Wildflower
Decoration
Wreath
A ring-shaped decoration made from flowers, leaves, or other materials
🇬🇷 Greece and 7 more · Arrangement
Decoration
Cut flowers
Fresh flowers and buds trimmed for decoration and display
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 6 more · Arrangement
Glory of the snowChionodoxa
Small spring bulbs with blue, pink or white star-shaped flowers
🇹🇷 Turkey and 4 more · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Vondelpark: Dguendel, CC BY 4.0, source
- Forget-me-not: Sedum Tauno Erik, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Keukenhof: Balou46, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tulip: John O'Neill, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Linden: Bruce Marlin, CC BY 3.0, source
- Narcissus: Uberprutser, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hyacinth: The wub, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Marsh-marigold: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Floristry: Joachimj, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Scilla luciliae: AnRo0002, CC0, source
- Wreath: Олександр Майоров, Майкл Ендрюс, Світлана Буланова, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cut flowers: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Crocus: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bee orchid: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Anna Paulowna: Dolfy, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Glory of the snow: Teun Spaans, CC BY 3.0, source
- Greater Pasque Flower: Eleassar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Aalsmeer Flower Auction: No machine-readable author provided. Miriam8~commonswiki assumed (base, Public domain, source
- Bloemenmarkt Amsterdam: Massimo Catarinella, CC BY-SA 3.0, source