In Saint Petersburg starts the Festival of tulips. And we admire these flowers in Veliky Novgorod

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In these days off, on May 20 and 21, on Yelagin Island in Saint Petersburg sostoitsyaXI the Festival of tulips. This year there landed more than 170 thousand bulbs of these fine flowers of 50 various grades! Will for the first time present at a festival a grade "Antarctic" is very beautiful white flowers of a scyphoid form. Also organizers note that grades become "stars" of a festival: "Kontinental" (Continental) – dark and claret (most "black"), elegant tulips; "Maunt Takom" (Mount Tacoma) — the white and cream flowers reminding peonies; "Yellou Pomponet" (Yellow Pomponette) – saturated yellow, terry...