There are so many different flowers, from tulips to sakura, lavender to sunflowers and many more. After the brown and white of nature during the colder months, it’s finally time for some color! Here are some of the most beautiful flower fields around the world.
Sunflower Fields, Italy:
Coming to Italy and want to know where and when to find those iconic fields of sunflowers? Of course, you do!
Here we look at the best places to see them, and what time of year they're in their prime.
Sunflowers and Italy go together like bread and cheese. Or pizza and pasta. They're quite simply a part of Italy. That's why people will travel miles just to see them in full bloom. It's also why we use a sunflower as our logo.
Every year the fields in our part of Le Marche burst into a blaze of yellow - it's one of the sights we love most
Agassiz Tulip Festival, Canada:
You mustn’t miss the beautiful fields of tulip blooms in British Colombia, Canada, filled with more than 30 varieties of tulips. What make this place even more unique is that you can see incredible Mount Cheam in the background, often capped with snow!
Keukenhof Gardens, Netherlands:
The Keukenhof, also known as the Garden of Europe, is one of the world's largest flower gardens located in the municipality of Lisse in the Netherlands. According to the official website, Keukenhof Park covers an area of 32 hectares and approximately 7 million flower bulbs are planted in the gardens annually.
Hitachi Seaside Park, Japan:
Hitachi Seaside Park, located about two hours away from Tokyo in Hitachinaka City, overlooks the Pacific Ocean and is famous for its exquisite flower gardens year-round. The expertly crafted landscape blooms every season with a rainbow of colors and is one of the top tourist attractions in Ibaraki Prefecture.
Lavender Fields, France:
Fragrant lavender fields can be found popping up everywhere in Provence in summer. It’s the most famous crop of the region and one that has held significant importance for the people of Provence for centuries.
But the lavender fields of Provence aren’t just a source of pride for the locals; they’re also a key Provence attraction that draws in visitors from around the world, year after year. the best places to see lavender in Provence, focusing on three main areas: The Valensole Plateau, Sault Plateau, and the Luberon Valley.
Canola Flower Fields, China:
The fields of canola — also known as rapeseed — are used in the production of cooking oil. They’re also as popular with bees as tourists and photographers, so beekeepers set up tents among the flowers during their February to March bloom. While most anywhere outside the limits of the small town of Luoping is drenched in the sunny hues, the most surreal places to view them are with the towering mountains like the Golden Rooster Hill (aka Jinjifeng) and Hundred Thousand Hills spiking up from the floral fields. In some areas they also form otherworldly shapes in the terraced farms.
Fuji Shibazakura Festival, Japan:
Japan is known for its beautiful sakura blooms in spring but there is another kind of flower that blooms during this time which is just as impressive, shibazakura or pink moss/phlox moss in English. Fuji Shibazakura Festival is one of the country’s best and most popular occasions to see the flowers, and with Mount Fuji set against the hot pink blooming fields it’s certainly a spectacular view.