The unusual form of these delightful tulips add to their beauty, with tightly clustered white petals surrounded by pink petals and wavy foliage. They’re so much fun.

Each tulip color carries its own unique meaning, making them an excellent gift for expressing a variety of sentiments. Common tulip colors include red, purple, pink, yellow, orange, and white.

On a gray, drizzly day, the thousands of orange, yellow, pink and white tulips clustered along North Michigan Avenue seem to strain upward, as if searching valiantly for a glimmer of sunshine ...

So, the next time your boyfriend surprises you with tulips, remember you're receiving more than just a beautiful bouquet.

Snyder’s piece uses watercolors and pencil to depict vibrant pink and white Triumph Tulips with dark green leaves in the background.

Some tulips are the traditional bold red, yellow and pink. Others are more exotic, in purple or hot pink. And different varieties bloom at different times.

Tulip Time announced Friday that “Blooms on Parade” by Holland’s Andrew Snyder has been selected from among 93 entries and 20 finalists to be this year’s poster.

Tulips are notoriously short-lived, but species tulips, sometimes called wild or botanical tulips, return year after year and even increase in numbers over time.

The owners, Mark and Susanna Eves, told the BBC they first met with the film’s location manager and set designer in 2022. They planted long rows of pink, red and white tulips.