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💚Look at all these peaceful shades of green in our Palm Greenhouse.⁠
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📸This photo was taken by visitor @taye.mx. Thanks so much! ⁠
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🌞Enjoy your weekend - the weather in Amsterdam is lovely now so make sure to visit the Hortus if you're in town.

Stiekem misschien wel één van onze favoriete adoptiekandidaten: het 𝘃𝗲𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗲! ⁠
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⚾️Deze gezellige woestijnbewoner is een echte allemansvriend. Vanwege zijn vorm wordt hij ook wel 'honkbalplant' genoemd. ⁠
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🥰Heb jij zin om het vetmensie eens goed te vertroetelen? Adopteer dit schattige exemplaar dan via de link in bio! ⁠
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✏️ Kom je er niet uit? Doe dan de 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 via de website en ontdek welke plant het beste bij jou past. ⁠
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#adopteereenplant #hortusbotanicus #hortusamsterdam #hortusvanmorgen #amsterdam

Columbine (𝘈𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘷𝘶𝘭𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴) (🇳🇱: wilde akelei) is still flowering in many spots in our garden. ⁠
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💜The plant is sometimes called 'granny's nightcap', because the flowers resemble little purple bonnets.👒

Snakeroot (𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢) (🇳🇱: adderwortel) is now flowering in the Hortus with lovely pink blooms. ⁠
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🍽️Also, did you know this plant is the main ingredient of a dish called Easter Ledge Pudding? ⁠
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🇬🇧This traditional British recipe is centuries old. It's a classic Easter dish of wild greens, made with snakeroot (also known as wild bistort), barley, nettle and other wild leaves. ⁠
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Have you ever tried this recipe? We're curious about its taste!

It's poppy season! ⁠
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🌞They pop up everywhere in the Hortus garden in a beautiful range of different colours. Poppies are very hardy and considered 'pioneer plants', meaning they are often the first to show up in places where the soil is barren and nutrient-poor. This is why you often see them in places where roads, houses or railway lines are being built. ⁠
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💕Do you like poppies? Where have you seen them recently?

Behind our Three Climate Greenhouse you will find an explosion of colours: it's where our native plants are blooming. ⁠
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🌿The NVBT (Nederlandse Vereniging van Botanische Tuinen) (Dutch Association for Botanical Gardens) has pronounced 2023 the 'Year of Native Plants'. In the Hortus you will find several spots in our garden dedicated to wild plants, one of them being the flower meadow behind our Three Climate House. ⁠
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💚We believe that native plants tell a beautiful and valuable story about the Dutch ecosystem.⁠
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🌼Following this theme, @vroegevogels_bnnvara decided it was about time we have our own national flower. Almost every country has a national flower, except the Netherlands. Austria has its edelweiss, the poppy belongs to Belgium and the Finns have the lily of the valley. Last Sunday, thousands of voters picked a winner: the 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘆!

Some city jungle exploration! Taken by visitor @spaceardor. Thanks so much!💚⁠
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🌴Our Palm Greenhouse is a protected monument and a prominent part of the Hortus heritage. Currently most of the container plants are moved outside for summer, but the famous 350 year old 𝘌𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘪 (breadtree) can still be admired inside. ⁠
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😍Have you visited the Hortus and this greenhouse recently? What did you think?

😍Look at this beautiful sunny view of our Palm Greenhouse from across the canal. ⁠
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💚This was taken by visitor @justajournal0, thanks so much! We love the little coot too. Walking behind our Palm House you may spot the coot's nest or the one of its neighbours, a pair of grebes.

Check je regelmatig of je haar nog goed zit? Zit er altijd een handspiegel in je tas? Dan is de 𝗽𝗼𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗸𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁 echt iets voor jou: ijdel en altijd tot in de puntjes verzorgd.⁠
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💄Hoewel een beetje een ijdeltuit, is de poederkwast geen veeleisend type. Met een beetje warmte, genoeg schaduw en af en toe wat water is deze Kaapse 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 al gauw tevreden.⁠
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💅🏼Adopteer jij dit bijzondere plantje? Dat kan via de 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗼! ⁠
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🌱Of doe de online test en ontdek jouw ideale 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵! ⁠
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#adopteereenplant #hortusbotanicus #hortusamsterdam #hortusvanmorgen #amsterdam

Another allium species - and a special one too, because not many allium species have yellow flowers. ⁠
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🌟This is 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘮𝘰𝘭𝘺, or lilly leek or 𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗰 (🇳🇱: goudlook), it's primarily found in Spain and Southern France. It has lovely shar-shaped bright yellow flowers in dense umbels. You can now find it flowering in our Snippendaal garden!💛🌱⁠
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😍Do you know of any other allium species with yellow flowers? And what's your favourite allium plant?

Behind our Threeclimatehouse you will find one of the most peaceful spots in the Hortus garden. Immerse yourself in a sea of native plants and overlook the sunny Amsterdam canal.🌼💛

One of our favourite bloomers near our big pond: the southern marsh orchid (𝘋𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘩𝘪𝘻𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢) (🇳🇱: rietorchis). ⁠
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💗This European orchid species bears flowers in multiple shades of pink with various markings, which can be seen from May to July. It grows close to water, by ponds, lakes or in dune slacks.⁠
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📗You can also find a beautiful illustration of this plant in the renown 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗸𝘅 𝗔𝘁𝗹𝗮𝘀. 👉🏽𝗦𝘄𝗶𝗽𝗲 to see it!⁠
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(👀Psst. Did you know you can actually receive one of three amazing 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗸𝘅 𝗔𝘁𝗹𝗮𝘀 illustrations yourself? Visit the link in bio to adopt a plant and take your pick!✨)

𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 or Virginia spiderwort belongs to the 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘦 family. (🇳🇱: eendagsbloem of Mozes-in-het-biezenmandje). ⁠
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💜It flowers from June to September, but its flowers only bloom for one day.

Spring sun shining through the flowers of this beautiful columbine (𝘈𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘢) (🇳🇱: akelei). ⁠
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🕊️Have you seen this plant recently in the wild, or in your garden perhaps? We love the shape of its flowers!💗

Black garlic (𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘶𝘮) is now flowering in our Snippendaal garden. ⁠
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🤍🧅Contrary to the name, this bulb blooms with beautiful white flowers.

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