Tulip festival should reach peak bloom later than years past
Ottawa’s tulips may be a little late, but they won’t be missing in action as the Canadian Tulip Festival kicks off this weekend.
Though the cold spring has delayed their arrival — the opposite dynamic than in some recent years — the woman who oversees the tulip beds said there will be plenty of blooms to visit during its opening days.
“This spring, I think we’ll be about a week late [compared to normal],” said Tina Liu, a landscape architect with the National Capital Commission.
Some blooms have already started to peek through and Liu said the rest are coming.
“You can actually see the tips and some colours. They are coming out,” she said. “There is still another two or three weeks [of blooming]. It is actually good for us.”
She estimates their early-season tulips, which make up about 20 per cent of their beds, will be in full bloom this weekend.
The NCC has a “bloom indicator” tool where you can track how the tulips are doing.
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