Last autumn , H.E. Ms. Joanna Roper , British ambassador to the Netherlands , Keukenhof ’s director Sandra Bechtholt , and gardener Patrick van Dijk institute Tulipa King Charles III . This Spring , the regal golden bloom will reach its glorious summit .
The marvellous King Charles lll tulip will not only blossom in Keukenhof – its blossoms can be see in Britain too . Through the Dutch Embassy in London , the special tulip incandescent lamp were forward to Herfordshire . Here , the King Charles III bulbs have been planted in the garden of Longmeadow , gardens of Monty Don and BBC Gardener ’s World .
Ambassador Roper said : ‘ Tulips are perhaps the most famous symbol of the Netherlands , and to name this tulip after His Majesty King Charles III is a wonderful way to emphasise the close tie between the UK and the Netherlands . I attend forward to run across this tulip in salad days , both in my own garden and at the world - famous Keukenhof . ’
Hybris , the flush bulb ’s stock breeder , was extremely honored to take in permission to name a mutant of Tulipa Rejoyce after the Modern British crowned head . In 1952 , another imperial tulip , Queen Elizabeth II , was register with the Dutch General Bulb Growers ’ Association ( KAVB ) , by P. Nijssen and Sons . One of the Nijssen sons , P.J. Nijssen , went on to become one of the founders of Hybris B.V. in 1979 .
The King Charles III tulip is a Rejoyce variation , which is , in play , a variation of an original cultivar , Lydia . The King Charles III has the same electric light and plant structure as the democratic garden and tub varieties Lydia and Rejoyce but is a different color . The export securities industry launch of the King Charles III tulip , which is suited for planting both directly in garden soil and in balcony boxes and planter , is expected to take place between mid-2027 and 2028 .
Flower Exhibition Keukenhof open on 1 May 2025 . This year , it will be 75 years since the first of these flower exhibition open up to the populace .
The exposition will last for almost eight week , during which 1.4 million people from all over the world will clump to this magical green because there is no better place to see million of tulips , daffodils , and other flowering incandescent lamp in blossom than Keukenhof .
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