GORGEOUS, GRAND AND GREAT GARDEN FLOWERS IN THE HAGUE, HOLLAND!

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THESE ARE COMMON, SUPPOSEDLY ORDINARY GARDEN FLOWERS FOUND BY THE MILLIONS ALL OVER HOLLAND BUT OF COURSE TO VISITORS LIKE ME FROM ASIA, THEY SEEM SO RARE, EXOTIC, EXPENSIVE AND EXCLUSIVE!

 FLOWER POWER!

BRLLIANT COLORS!

I am staying at attorney Michael Mantz's house in The Hague which is strictly residential and every house has a garden front and back. While I cannot see what lurks behind the grand houses, I can certainly see what is blooming in their front gardens! 

Holland is famous for its tulips which was introduced into Holland from Turkey in the 15th century and sparked the notorious Tulip Crash a century later when noblemen, aristocrats. merchants and housewives were caught in the tulip bubble which created such a frenzy a similar incident can be compared centuries later in the Wall  Street crash of 1929!

Today, Holland, despite its small size, is a major flower exporter and their orchids and bunga raya are bigger, flashier and more beautiful than the original species in tropical Malaysia! Even their monkey pot pitcher plants are more luxuriant and cheaper than those in Cameron Highlands! The moth orchids in Holland sell for 6 euros which is RM 28 while in Malaysia it costs double and at Bangsar it retails for RM 90! 

Not surprisingly then, most Dutch have green fingers as proven by their gardens!

MICHAEL MANTZ'S HOUSE IN THE HAGUE

A HYBRID OF HYDRANGEA WHICH I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE BUT THEY ARE COMMON IN HOLLAND!

YOU CAN HARDLY SEE THE HOUSE FOR THE FLOWERS!

MAGNIFICENT!

SO COLORFUL

BI-COLORED HYDRANGEAS

ALMOST ALL GARDENS IN HOLLAND ARE BLANKETED WITH FLOWERING PLANTS AND ON WINDOW SILLS TOO

LOVE THIS UNUSUAL LOOKING FLORAL CLUSTER

LADEN WITH PETALS AND SO LUSH AND PLUSH

THIS IS ONE STALK OF FLOWERS AND NOT 2 SPECIES 

FLOWERS SO HEAVY THEY HANG DOWN

INSTANT BRIDE'S BOUQUET!

1 STALK BUT APPEARS TO BE COMPOSED OF 2 DIFFERENT TYPES OF FLOWERS

THE LITTLE MINI FLOWERS ARE ALL CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER ON ONE STEM! AMAZING!

PERFECT FOR BRIDAL SHOWER!

WHITE, PURE AND DENSELY PACKED WITH MINIATURE FLOWERS

STUNNING

GOD ALMIGHTY THE FLOWERS ARE SO HEAVY. DENSE AND CONCENTRATED THEY ARE FALLING ONTO THE GROUND!

I CANNOT SEE THE LEAVES OR STALKS FOR THE FLOWERS!

UNUSUAL PLANT

CLOSE-UP

SMALL BUT DAINTY

LOVE THE WAY THE BIGGER FLOWERS SEEM TO PROTECT THE SMALLER ONES IN CENTRE!

NICE COLOR COMBO

SWEET!

ELEGANT CREEPER

MAJESTIC. THIS RED FLOWER IS SO LOVELY AND PERFECT IT LOOKS FAKE!

COLORFUL OR WHAT

WHITE AND RED---VIRGIN AND EX-VIRGIN!

LOOKS LIKE LAVENDER BUT IS NOT

LOOKS EVEN MORE INCREDIBLE UP CLOSE

STRANGE LOOKING

LOOK LIKE BLACK PEA PODS

LAVENDER

ROSEY ROSES!

SOLITARY SPLENDOUR!

1 STALK ONLY! BUT CONTAINS SEVERAL ROSES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY!

VERY PAINTERLY

REMINDS ME OF VINCENT VAN GOGH'S IRISES PAINTING

VERY JAPANESE

UNUSUAL WHITE HYDRANGEAS WITH PALE PINK BLUSH!

SO PRETTY!

DELICATE

LOOKS LIKE CANDY

ALMOST EDIBLE

BEGONIAS

FRIENDLY GARDENER AND HOUSE OWNER LEIKA CAME OUT TO SAY HELLO TO ME WHEN SHE SAW ME TAKING PHOTOS OF HER BEGONIAS

STUNNING

MELLOW YELLOWS

UNIQUE

THIS IS SUCH AN UNUSUALLY SHAPED TREE

LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR BRANCH---CAN BUILD TREE HOUSE

UNIQUE THE WAY IT ARCHES

VERY HOBBIT

LOVE THEM!

WONDER IF THEY CAN GROW IN MALAYSIA!

INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL!

SINGLE RED ROSE GROWING ON ITS OWN

SOLITARY SPLENDOUR

DRIVEWAY LINED WITH COLORFUL HYDRANGEAS

LOVE THIS HOUSE'S ARCHITECTURE

PERUVIAN MONKEY PAW'S TREE

SEE?

DON'T REALLY RESEMBLE MONKEY'S PAWS THOUGH...