Free Screensavers: Bulbs & Blooms

I found these screen savers while looking for references for my articles about spring-blooming bulbs.

Van Engelen and John Scheepers are sister companies owned by Jan S. Ohms. Their screen saver for 2008 includes 40 of their photographs of spring-blooming bulbs. In the 2008 screen saver, they share panoramas of Dutch flower bulb fields, landscape designs found at Keukenhof bulb display garden, Lisse (NL), and characteristics of individual varieties. This screensaver takes just 2 to 3 minutes to download and install via high-speed internet. Ohms also says he is happy to help speakers with digital photography for presentations and other speaking engagements.

Tulip World presents 'Tango with Tulips', which according to website information is suitable for all Windows releases and installs automatically. According to site information, pictures for 'Tango with Tulips', as well as others on their site, are work of the photographers of Visions, a Dutch group located in the NL bollenstreek (bulb-district). The Tulip World site is large, so to prevent confusion use the link provided here to download the screensaver.

Perry's Perennial Pages written by Dr. Leonard Perry, Extension Professor - Greenhouse and Nursery Specialist, Dept. Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, offers four different garden and landscape screensavers. These are zip files about 600KB with various fade effects.

Perennial Combinations -- 7 combinations from gardens of England;
English Flowers and Gardens -- photos of English gardens and flowers'
Blooms of Bressingham and Foggy Bottom-- famous gardens of Alan and Adrian Bloom, Norfolk, England; and
Perennials 2000 -- featured perennials, new or underutilized, seen as plants of the month.