{"id":1094,"date":"2017-06-30T13:22:20","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T18:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.journohq.com\/blog\/?p=1094"},"modified":"2020-03-23T21:35:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T03:05:46","slug":"the-canada-150-tulip-across-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journohq.com\/blog\/the-canada-150-tulip-across-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"The Canada 150 Tulip Across The Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapleleavesforever.com\/the-canada-150-tulip\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1095\" src=\"https:\/\/www.journohq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CND-cover.png\" alt=\"Canada 150 Tulip\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.journohq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CND-cover.png 720w, https:\/\/www.journohq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CND-cover-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.journohq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CND-cover-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.journohq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CND-cover-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/www.journohq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CND-cover-600x600.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">The Canada 150 tulip (aka Maple leaf tulip) is a special selectively bred flower made to resemble the Canadian flag.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">By the time you read this 300,000 Canada 150 tulips will have been planted in Ottawa for Canada\u2019s sesquicentennial celebration!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>The NCC (National Capital Commission) together with the Kingdom of the Netherlands developed the unique breed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Home Hardware made these tulips available to the public for fall planting in 2016 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/lifestyle\/red-and-white-canada-150-tulips-blooming-orange-for-some-gardeners-1.3401236\">not without some controversy<\/a>). Those that planted will now be enjoying the blooms in their glory for Canada\u2019s 150th birthday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In the CBC&#8217;s article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/2017\/canada-150-tulips-gardening-diaries-from-across-the-country-1.4026007\"><strong>Canada 150 tulips: Gardening diaries from across the country<\/strong><\/a>, you can read and see examples of how the tulip fared in its journey across our great land!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Happy 150 to all our fellow Canadian Jouro&#8217;rs! \ud83c\udf41 \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canada 150 tulip (aka Maple leaf tulip) is a special selectively bred flower made to resemble the Canadian flag. By the time you read this 300,000 Canada 150 tulips will have been planted in Ottawa for Canada\u2019s sesquicentennial celebration! 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