This morning we visited Cheekwood Botanical Gardens in Nashville.
Cheekwood has been going all out with tulips the last couple of years. Last year, they claimed 50,000 bulbs. This year, they upped the ante and doubled the count to a neat 100,000!
Here are some highlights from our visit - plenty of tulips, but also some dogwoods and ...
![River of orange tulips River of orange tulips](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3dA4cl2BVOUDY_xdyCAqLRltqHi7fpLKq2iOt9RExs1jBvayUPKBBeqqXGrCRBMwhjqog4UttSddQg5mLm_UIBeJJ17ir2CTvfkNzqwWyGVM4Y7zXeWLSTY5_JmLSpH1lleL-MmtoPQ/s1600/GOA+20140413+tulips+2.jpg) |
River of orange |
![Pink and lavender tulips surround a gazebo Pink and lavender tulips surround a gazebo](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPD98w34HBbh5Aosa-dvszbM1d8goCQAKMAVRGxYpkeQ2Vjx2ryzhjgTeu4aksRQxsO-7D8Mv_u9sULrZEKM3Ba-1IBw3kU1lsEkKIQ-tLjFHMafFP2R_wj_QHYlyIs6IIjbH2Fn8VyA/s1600/GOA+20140413+tulips+4.jpg) |
What a lovely spot for a rendezvous... |
![White, pink and purple tulips mixed with blue and yellow violas White, pink and purple tulips mixed with blue and yellow violas](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HafhrPlO-JeXHFz7nZWr1Z4lVTU1VKUWGk56n4HisBAeN6PYTxriE8vUCb5pbcQNl3iqw8LJUrRGlFPFEZ_fL2UyOGv0DBvzewLyxzgLkvip0EWLov0cTqNY75V0Vm7ZirB22m__Hg/s1600/GOA+20140413+tulips+6.jpg) |
So many colors -- somehow they all work beautifully together! |
![White tulips mixed with purple fringed tulips White tulips mixed with purple fringed tulips](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAZ6Q38-oyPsWHCVYpeV_QX9ZU89Dy89sPhIJD5kQ0PNjBhgr6B_LDkbyu9k6E1s-dJeyVVP9o3xty725xQbiVZP1FoKzR-hFV8c15_pFWzEKP8weLtarX1EiohvRWYcfctkDdQMiAQ/s1600/GOA+20140413+tulips+7.jpg) |
Who doesn't love a fringed purple tulip? |
![River of white and purple tulips flows beneath still bare mature crape myrtle trees River of white and purple tulips flows beneath still bare mature crape myrtle trees](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfuSY2xx7pWXmcdHxNnNWkc3VgM24_pW2xyidV0bOCfvojbo1O03H2RX_l0GqEE3wYGq_kEMGzkzBRSoJnllcIIqtEU6lwhRgdF-WHRnMc1SUa1kcTY3B_Ruv5QLU5wJVT7_V0O1L2QA/s1600/GOA+20140413+tulips+8.jpg) |
These majestic mature crape myrtle trees may still be bare, but their exfoliated trunks serve as the perfect vertical contrast to this flowing river of white and purple tulips |
![A patch of cheerful yellow tulips A patch of cheerful yellow tulips](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjydW-4wOOhFMs2OyfG_fj9r0I8X_3J_ZYwdOVcJ2D2pxRdjffvbkXvp7Cl0UxuAgvEk4vmuYnM8E_7_W5p8WSHRE5ZtAHiG9g2HdYYt1yiEDRoQqgrzvG9LSE0ZGmFAXshxpTiIeTEfQ/s1600/GOA+20140413+tulips+9.jpg) |
What a sunny, cheerful sight! |
![Yellow and orange formal tulips surround a billowy informal yellow variety Yellow and orange formal tulips surround a billowy informal yellow variety](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycrSe2wHYpzy55SJnpDIS0YmchwDlPtySR01D_Ez5lWU5qvzmCxpBz8n-2ms1qlq7PmioayLmYw_LodOXfsTwjlXqxYhg4tEJAOQDOEg5uJivUo29vgSt5aWCgZe4DfjDKBQBEKDZXw/s1600/GOA+20140413+tulips+10.jpg) |
Here's an unusual "deconstructed" yellow tulip surrounded by some complementary more formal peers |
And it wasn't
all about the tulips at Cheekwood. The garden has an impressive collection of dogwoods, many of which were in bloom. Our favorite was Cherokee Chief:
![Cornus florida "Xanthocarpa" full of white flowers Cornus florida "Xanthocarpa" full of white flowers](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04Suj5S87Q_vqCNVOTWyYGAYugCIQ_Pj6gcudIJtOtNv_VGMCATiR4mrs6NH4nB8XS-jhv1L5-iT6PcbxPC5ywKCiHCQAnW-M8ZnnI0_z4NUQXGHnkmT7jrUkeu7lY_V3N-RcW9aDpg/s1600/GOA+20140413+cornus+florida+xanthocarpa.jpg) |
Cornus florida "Xanthocarpa" |
![Cornus florida "Xanthocarpa" flowers against a blue April sky Cornus florida "Xanthocarpa" flowers against a blue April sky](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIxPpTTnnSjfXxT95gnlDYzIb-4ecJ9FtcveeA3LNx6tH_UkDNXCPQvThjNBrf3ziP7-rx5IbFA8ragTt-BN_1hmv3U4l2u06AnXHTjTtjz5tb_6oKPzp23Q9zCxwm8J3MzhjFv69Ejg/s1600/GOA+20140413+cornus+florida+xanthocarpa+2.jpg) |
Cornus florida "Xanthocarpa" flowers against a blue April sky |
![Side-by-side pink and white flowering dogwood trees seem to enhance each other's beauty Side-by-side pink and white flowering dogwood trees seem to enhance each other's beauty](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbrkK9jUHO4SgME4p5RYOzqFYSy2Fmqw8B_a_WrItVyLUYoE4GUQbKmLH_hg6vBcqI3F4l5-BW0YYosuiM8Zv83koqbe5vd5w4baNu5pw2lSd4wP82Yhen79wEbWrjnY8WG3KlNAr8Q/s1600/GOA+20140413+dogwoods.jpg) |
Side-by-side pink and white flowering dogwood trees seem to enhance each other's beauty |
Wow.... amazing! beautiful tulips and dogwood! They are the beauty that I have never found here. Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteThank you, Endah! I am happy you enjoyed the photos :)
DeleteWow Aaron what an incredible display especially the tulips...I wish I could have these drifts in my garden.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donna. You could totally have those tulip drifts -- just hire a bunch of gardeners like Cheekwood does to plant thousands of bulbs! ;-)
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