Dazzling with dahlias! The towering sculptures made entirely of FLOWERS for stunning pageant in tiny town in the Netherlands




It's an idea that has really blossomed.

What began in 1936 as a flower parade has become the oldest and most celebrated ode to blooms in Europe.

Ever since its inception, Zundert in the Netherlands has hosted an annual flower show Bloemencorso , with an average 50,000 visitors descending on the town to look at the brilliant displays.

Creators use dahlias for their breathtaking displays and build gravity defying sculptures of tigers holding cubs in their mouths, leopards chasing antelope, and bejewelled elephants.

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Let's hope the wind doesn't blow too hard! The flowers have been meticulously placed to create the giraffes, even down to their eyelids and hair that lines their neck

A roaring good show: The intricate blooms have been manipulated to create this gravity-defying impressive model of a tiger and her cubs

Every float is made from dahlias. This twisting house, which is as high as other apartments, weaves its ways through the narrow streets

Just by using dahlias, volunteers created this show-stopping piece, where a startled antelope flees the clutches of a leopard that gives chase

Udderly brilliant - thee competitors left no detail out - they even included the numbers on the tags on the ears, and what appears to be the inner workings of a milk-processing plant within the cow's body