🇳🇱 The flowers of the Netherlands
43 pages from the Netherlands: its flowers, the things made with them and the places to see them, across 34 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
Aalsmeer 5Amsterdam 4Haarlem 2Keukenhof 2Lisse 2Zundert 2Almere 1Anna Paulowna 1Arcen 1Bollenstreek 1Bovenkarspel 1Curaçao 1Delft 1Duin- en Bollenstreek 1Eelde 1Groningen 1Haarlemmermeer 1Hillegom 1Hollands Kroon 1Leiden 1Leyden 1Makkum 1Naaldwijk 1Noordoostpolder 1Noordwijk 1North Holland 1Oud-Valkenburg 1Rijnsburg 1Rotterdam 1Royal FloraHolland 1South Holland 1Utrecht 1Venlo 1Zoetermeer 1
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
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
Place
Vondelpark
Amsterdam’s 47-hectare city park with gardens, ponds, theatre and statues
Amsterdam, 🇳🇱 Netherlands · Flower garden
Decoration
Floral industry
The global trade and business of growing, selling, and arranging flowers
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 7 more · Custom
Greater Pasque FlowerPulsatilla grandis
A violet spring flower of open meadows and hillsides in central Europe
🇫🇷 France and 7 more · Wildflower
Decoration
Bollenstreek Flower Parade
A spring flower parade from Noordwijk to Haarlem in the Netherlands
🇳🇱 Netherlands · Parade or display, April
Decoration
Flower parade
A parade of floats, vehicles and people decorated with flowers
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 6 more · Parade or display
Garden hyacinthHyacinthus orientalis
A spring bulb with dense, fragrant flower clusters in many colours
🇹🇷 Turkey and 6 more · Garden flower
Decoration
Canadian Tulip Festival
Ottawa’s annual celebration of tulips and friendship with the Netherlands
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 more · Parade or display, May
Ivy-leaved geraniumPelargonium peltatum
A trailing plant with fleshy, lobed leaves and pale mauve to pink flowers
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Garden flower
Decoration
Tulip festival
Annual spring festivals celebrating tulips in bloom across the world
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 7 more · Parade or display
Decoration
Tulip maniatulpenmanie
The 17th-century Dutch craze for rare tulip bulbs and the world's first market bubble
🇳🇱 Netherlands · Custom
Decoration
Allotment garden
A rented plot for growing food and flowers, often with a small shed or hut
🇩🇪 Germany and 6 more · Garden style
Garden rose
The classic ornamental flowering shrub of gardens worldwide
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Garden flower
Paulownia泡桐
A fast-growing East Asian tree with pale violet foxglove-like flowers
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Flowering tree
Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor
A low, evergreen groundcover with violet or white star-shaped flowers
🇫🇷 France and 4 more · Wildflower
Tête-à-tête daffodilNarcissus 'Tête-à-tête'
A dwarf daffodil with paired golden-yellow blooms on short stems
🇳🇱 Netherlands · Garden flower
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
Glory of the snowChionodoxa
Small spring bulbs with blue, pink or white star-shaped flowers
🇹🇷 Turkey and 4 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
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Bollenstreek Flower Parade: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- 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
- 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
- Crocus: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bee orchid: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Glory of the snow: Teun Spaans, CC BY 3.0, source
- Greater Pasque Flower: Eleassar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Flower parade: Foto van Hassel BV, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Garden hyacinth: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Canadian Tulip Festival: Andrew Scheer, CC0, source
- Ivy-leaved geranium: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tulip festival: GoToVan, CC BY 2.0, source
- Aalsmeer Flower Auction: No machine-readable author provided. Miriam8~commonswiki assumed (base, Public domain, source
- Tulip mania: Unknown, 1637, Public domain, source
- Allotment garden: Cryonic07, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lesser Periwinkle: AnRo0002, CC0, source
- Floral industry: Satin66Flower, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Garden rose: Laitche, Public domain, source
- Paulownia: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Tête-à-tête daffodil: Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bloemenmarkt Amsterdam: Massimo Catarinella, CC BY-SA 3.0, source