Jessie Gendron, left, and Rylee Dufour pick tulips Thursday at Chipman’s Upick Tulips in Poland. Gendron and Dufour are 2023 graduates of Lewiston High School; Gendron attends Central Maine Community College and Dufour attends the University of Southern Maine. Tomi Chipman Ricker planted 20,000 tulips last fall and opened her field at the corner of Range Hill and Carpenter roads over Mother’s Day weekend. Chipman Ricker said that cooler, cloudy days are ideal for tulips. “They blossom slower and last longer when it is not so hot,” she said. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Colorful tulips are seen Thursday at Chipman’s Upick Tulips in Poland. This is the fifth year that Tomi Chipman Ricker has planted tulips at the corner of Range Hill and Carpenter roads in Poland. She planted 20,000 tulips last fall and she plans to double the number of flowers that she plants this fall. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Tomi Chipman Ricker picks tulips Thursday at Chipman’s UPick Tulips in Poland. Chipman Ricker planted 20,000 tulips last fall and opened her field at the corner of Range Hill and Carpenter roads over Mother’s Day weekend. Chipman Ricker said that cooler, cloudy days are ideal for tulips. “They blossom slower and last longer when it is not so hot,” she said. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal