About a month ago, I had the great pleasure of visiting Skagit county, about an hour north of Seattle, to see the fields of blooming bulbs.  There were pastures of daffodils, as above and below.

There were fields of tulips.

Rows of tulips.

Rows and rows and rows of tulips.

You can walk up to and in to some of the fields.  But the better place to see the bulbs up close is in the display beds that some of the bulb producers have prepared for visitors.  I enjoy looking at the names given to various species throughout the horticultural world.  In the photo above you see the variety named “Seattle”.  Did the namer think Seattle needed sunshine?  Is there a better reason to name this tulip “Seattle”?

This variety is named “Laurel”.  For obvious reasons, I always have an affinity for anything named with the Latin root of “laur”.

So, feast your eyes on all the tulips and other bulbs.  It is great fun to visit Skagit county in April!