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The Hortus in Amsterdam is one of the oldest botanic gardens in Europe. A green oasis in the middle of the city. #hortusamsterdam

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Happy Friday! 💚💚💚 ⁠
To celebrate the start of another sunny weekend, we share this image of one of our favourite flowers! ⁠
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During these late winter days we see the snowdrop in many places in the Hortus, but also in local parks and forests. In our regions it is traditionally seen as the first 'messenger' of the coming spring.⁠
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When you go outside this weekend, take a good look around you to see if you can spot these beauties!

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Look at this pretty flower blooming in our plant nursery! 😍Native to southern Africa, 𝘎𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘴 is a graceful cormous perennial plant. Common name for this species is Painted Lady Gladiolus.⁠
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It is a variable species that grows to about 50 cm with white to pink large flowers usually with dark spade shaped markings. ⁠
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What a beauty, right?

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In many places in the Hortus we see them; crocuses. But not only in our garden, these cheerful spring flowers pop up in many other places in the city too. In local parks, public green spaces and maybe even in your own garden? ⁠
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The crocus is a favourite flower for many people, because its bloom announces the arrival of spring. ⁠
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On our 'Hortus at Home' website page you can find a fun crocus themed DIY. Learn how to make a paper origami crocus step by step. 😍 ⁠Check out our website via #linkinbio.

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Would you like to take a digital walk through the Hortus and learn more about our plant collection? 🌵🌴⁠
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Every Thursday during lockdown we organise an 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿 on Zoom. Not the same as a real walk through the botanical garden - but a very fun way to spend your lunch break! ⁠
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This week (Feb 25) we have added an English spoken tour - so all our international followers can take a look inside the garden too! Get your tickets now via link in bio.

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After a few sunny days, we see crocuses popping up everywhere. This photo shows the 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 in the Hortus, but you can also find this early spring flower in many city parks or in your backyard. ⁠
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In Amsterdam, the kids are on school break at the moment, so we have a challenge for you! Take your children outside and go on a search for flowering crocuses. 🔍⁠
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Have you spotted any beautiful spring colours in your neighbourhood? Inbox us a picture and we'll share it on our Instagram story! ⁠
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Let's share the plant love! 😍😍

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No plans today? It is a perfect sunny day for a walk through Amsterdam! ☀️Unfortunately, the Hortus is closed, but you can still discover a lot in the area around the garden. ⁠
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From the street, for example, you have a beautiful view of our monumental Palm Greenhouse, as in this picture made by @les_briques.⁠
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We have listed all the sights in our surrounding area for you in a special walking map. Make your walk through the city extra fun and challenging today with this free map, available at our main entrance. And while you're there, enjoy a coffee to go and some home-baked treats from our café! ☕️⁠
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#Sunday #Sundayshare

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Remember at the beginning of this week we showed you a picture of the Zebra longwing (𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢) in our butterfly greenhouse? ⁠
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@Sblerheu made this amazing drawing of the butterflies in the Hortus! Of course, we had to show it to you! 💚⁠
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We love to share your artworks, drawings and sketches, inspired by the garden, here on our page. Please keep tagging us! #inspiredbyhortus

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You think there are not many flowers in winter? Guess again... Another South African plant just started to flower in our plant nursery!⁠
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𝘖𝘹𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘣𝘵𝘶𝘴𝘢 is found on sandy or clay soils from Namaqualand to Knysna. Flowers are solitary and come in many colors: pink, shades of peach to apricot and orange, brick red, yellow, white, multicolored. Click the hashtag #oxalisobtusa to see the variety of colours. 😍

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While wandering around our plant nursery today, the pretty flowers of the 𝘞𝘶𝘳𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢 caught our eye. This plant is not well known in cultivation yet, but the pink-white flowers of this easy-to-grow cormous plant really deserve their place in the Hortus! 😍⁠
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The South African native 𝘞𝘶𝘳𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢 is found throughout the southwestern, western and northern parts of the Western Cape, and in southern Namaqualand. ⁠
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It is commonly known as Vleiblommetjie or Waterblom, which means water flower. This species likes to grow in seasonally wet places like inundated swamps and pools, and in roadside ditches, occurring in heavy clay soil.

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If you take a good look around during a walk in a park or forest nearby, you will probably already see them: snowdrops! ⁠
Snowdrop, 𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴, is a small genus of approximately 20 species.⁠
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Snowdrops are some of the first bulbs to come up after winter, widespread in all northern Europe. The Hortus is currently filled with these white flowers, but we have also spotted them in the parks of Amsterdam! ⁠
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So make sure to go outside this week to see these plants flower 😍 ⁠Check out our website via #linkinbio for some fun activities (in Dutch) to learn more about this early spring flower.

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One, two, three, four in a row! 🦋⁠
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Let's pay a visit to our frolicing friends in the butterfly greenhouse. Here we see the zebra longwing (𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢). This butterfly is found in the north of South America, Central America to the south of Texas and Florida.⁠
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The Zebra Longwing is named after its wing pattern of alternating yellowish-white and black stripes. The butterfly uses this boldly striped pattern to warn off potential predators.⁠
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After a week of winter, the weather has turned grey and rainy. A perfect moment to return to our warm greenhouses. Especially in our subtropical greenhouse, a lot of South African plants are flowering at the moment, that we would love to show you! ⁠
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Like this impressive white inflorescence of the 𝘡𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢, commonly known as Arum lily or Pig lily. 𝘡 𝘢𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢 is native to southern Africa (Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, and Swaziland). ⁠
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The inflorescences are large, with a pure white spathe that can grow up to 25 cm and a yellow spadix up to 90 mm long. The spadix produces a faint, sweet fragrance. 🤍

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Happy Valentine's day!⁠
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𝘏𝘰𝘺𝘢 𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘪 is a species of 𝘏𝘰𝘺𝘢 native to the south-east of Asia. Because of it's thick heart-shaped leaves , the plant is commonly known as Valentine Hoya or Sweetheart Plant. ⁠
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On this image you see the plant flowering in our tropical greenhouse. Adult plants show inflorescences of 5 cm diameter and up to 25 flowers. They produce small balls of nectar, coloured red to brown. ❤️

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After a full week of freezing temperatures, today we spotted these ice flowers on the tiled path through the rock garden. ⁠⠀
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Nature never fails to surprise us with its beauty. Have you spotted ice flowers in your garden or on your windows yet? ❄️❄️
#ijsbloemen #iceflower #iceflowers

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The canal behind the Hortus hasn't frozen over yet. But we are eagerly waiting.. Perhaps we can ice skate here this weekend. What do you think? ⛸️❄️⁠

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