Tulips in Seattle area - has anyone seen them yet this year?
Mar 29th, 2003, 09:48 AM
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Tulips in Seattle area - has anyone seen them yet this year?
I was thinking about taking a trip up that way and wondered if anyone had been to the tulip farms yet?
I saw the website tulips.com that had a bloom guide, but I was wondering if this is the only place the tulips are?
I saw the website tulips.com that had a bloom guide, but I was wondering if this is the only place the tulips are?
Mar 30th, 2003, 03:21 PM
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I think it's a little early for tulips, but the daffodils are sure out and the thunderclouds and other flowering trees are in full bloom.
Don't know of other websites for tulips... Anyone else? Or maybe do a search in google?
Don't know of other websites for tulips... Anyone else? Or maybe do a search in google?
Mar 30th, 2003, 04:25 PM
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The Web site for the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival (north of Seattle) is:
http://www.tulipfestival.org/
http://www.tulipfestival.org/
Mar 31st, 2003, 08:15 PM
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Don't know if this helps, but we were just in Seattle this weekend, and the Pike Place Market was absolutely brimming with tulips and daffodils. Whether or not they were of local origin I can't say, but they were plentiful and reasonably priced!
Apr 1st, 2003, 05:25 AM
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Some tulips are out, lots more likely in a week or 10 days. Plenty of daffodils.
Skagit Valley is pretty much it for tulips; the area around Puyallup (on the way to Mt. Rainier) has loads of daffs though.
Skagit Valley is pretty much it for tulips; the area around Puyallup (on the way to Mt. Rainier) has loads of daffs though.
Apr 1st, 2003, 10:42 AM
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Just went up to Baker for our last ski trip of the season and no tulips are blooming yet in the Skagit valley, some daffodils though. They are antipating next weekend but Mother Nature's in control of that one!
Apr 9th, 2003, 10:13 PM
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I work in La Conner and today with a bit of sun in the afternoon the tulips were poppin! Haven't been on any side roads but I will say that while the fields are beautiful they sure seem scarce this year. Several farms that used to "do tulips" have been sold 
Apr 11th, 2003, 03:43 PM
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We were just up at the tulip fields today...gorgeous!!!! The fields were packed with people and the colors were vibrant. There are lots of fields up in the area so you can pretty much just drive around to each of them. Hope this helps.
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Well, I am sitting in my living room looking at a gorgeous boquet of peach tulips, garnered from my Camano Island home...fantastic. They are the size of grapefruit!! And, yes, it is worthwhile, and yest, tulip time is coming right now. I live in SEattle but have summer homes, one up in the Skagit valley. Stay at La Conner (search the web for B and B's,) and go to the festivAL. Also, if you want a wonder French lunch, nice little hide away, in La Conner, go to Kirstins.
have a good time.
have a good time.
