Oh spring, how we can’t wait for your arrival. From the wonderful two-weeks-or-so of good weather, the outdoor brunches, gorgeous gardens, patio bars, and more: all at our fingertips. For the ultimate spring experience, take a trip out Texas Tulips in Pilot Point, a U-Pick field which features fields of tulips to pick, pluck, and fill your baskets with.
While spring technically doesn’t start until later this month, the early signs of its imminent florescence are here with the opening of Texas Tulips’ tulips fields in North Texas on Saturday, March 1.
Located in Pilot Point just north of Dallas, Texas Tulips is a pick-your-own-tulip field that features a kaleidoscopic array of tulips among an expanse of six acres gorgeous tulip fields. Here, visitors can saunter through this scenic landscape with the chance of picking their very own brightly colored spring blooms.
Texas Tulips plants thousands of bulbs from over 100 varieties of tulips including gorgeous Abbas, flamboyant Bright Parrots, flaming parrots, davenports, serene Tom Pouces, and bright Yellow Pomponettes.
All of the tulips have been imported directly from the Netherlands and offer one of the most impressive arrays of tulips in Texas.
“Nothing feels quite like spring like fresh tulips—and they come in a wide variety of colors. Here are just some of the gorgeous tulip varieties we have available: Texas Gold, Texas Flame, American Dream, fringed, parrot, striped tulips—and that’s just the beginning” said Texas Tulips owners Pieter and Petra.
Texas Tulips is now open every day of the week from 10 am to 8 pm from now until the end of March/early April – weather pending.
Visitors are welcome to fill their baskets with the field’s bounteous supply of blooming tulips. Once the basket is filled to your heart’s content, staff will wrap your tulips in pretty wrapping paper, while applying a special gel on the flowers’ stems to keep them fresh!
Once you’ve taken your flowers home, Texas Tulips recommends rinsing off the gel and placing the tulips in water encased in a vase, bucket, or whatever decorative container of your choosing!
Admission is $7 per person while each tulip is $3. Veterans, seniors, and field trip deals offer special discounts of $10 for entry and three tulips. Children aged 12 months and under are permitted free entrance. Free parking is available on site.
Even if you aren’t intent on creating a bouquet for your living room, the brilliant scenery at Texas Tulips is worthy enough of a visit!
Texas Tulips is located at 10656 FM 2931, Pilot Point TX 76258.
More information can be found at texas-tulips.com.
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