They glow red and blue between the plane trees. Huge pink and white calyxes adorn a labyrinth. Then sun-yellow blossoms, on which the flames flicker red, stretch up into the spring sky.
Thousands of tulips also adorn the 200-year-old avenue of lime trees leading to an enchanted grotto, which is decorated inside with 200,000 shells.
Every year, more than 30,000 tulips from 100 different species transform the 14-hectare park of Vendeuvre Castle in Normandy into a seemingly endless sea of flowers.
seemingly endless sea of flowers. What a crescendo of colours! What a rush after the quiet, barren beauty of winter! You stand there spellbound, marvelling and feeling the intense power of nature. Alongside
classic varieties, newly discovered, old species and exotic cultivars can also be marvelled at every year at the Vendeuvre Castle Tulip Festival. They transform the castle park into a fragrant paradise. Vendeuvre stages a tulip festival full of emotion, showcasing the diversity of the flower that came to France from Persia and North Africa. There it became one of the favourite show plants of aristocratic parks and strictly French gardens. The Vendeuvre Tulip Festival, where this photo was taken, also plays with these garden traditions.
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