Picture dated May 3rd shows the heads of tulips being chopped off in one of Britain’s last remaining bulbfields near King’s Lynn in Norfolk. Tulips in Britain’s last remaining bulbfields have been brightening up the countryside, but now the 20 million heads have been chopped off. The 130-acres of tulips at family-run Belmont Nurseries in Norfolk turned the landscape into a kaleidoscope of colours when the crop flowered. Now the fabulous flowers have been cut off in their prime so the plant’s energy can go into making the bulbs bigger and these can later be sold.
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King's Lynn NorfolkMore information:
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Picture dated May 3rd shows the heads of tulips being chopped off in one of Britain’s last remaining bulbfields near King’s Lynn in Norfolk. Tulips in Britain’s last remaining bulbfields have been brightening up the countryside, but now the 20 million heads have been chopped off. The 130-acres of tulips at family-run Belmont Nurseries in Norfolk turned the landscape into a kaleidoscope of colours when the crop flowered. Now the fabulous flowers have been cut off in their prime so the plant’s energy can go into making the bulbs bigger and these can later be sold. Drone pictures taken yesterday (Tues) show the machine guillotining 14 million tulip from their stalks in a 28 acre field, which has been open to the public for the last two weeks. The heads are left in rows in the field to rot, while the leaves and stalks are left to decompose and the bulbs finally removed from the soil in June. The larger bulbs will be sold to British supermarkets next year, while smaller bulbs will be replanted for sale in the future. Janet and Peter Ward, who run Belmont Nurseries, have been growing tulips for more than 20 years and supply 25 million stems to supermarkets each year. They grow 37 different varieties and introduce new ones each year. This year the farm, whose day-to-day operations are under the management of Mark Eves, opened one field of tulips to the public to raise money for The Norfolk Hospice, Tapping House.