Tulips bloom weeks too early on the front lawn of Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Monday April 26. Blooms are fading before the Canadian Tulip Festival. Workers begun digging up some flower beds Friday. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

Unseasonable warm weather may rob the Canadian Tulip Festival of its floral element.

Many of the blooms have appeared and faded. Crews began pulling up some tulip beds Friday along Queen Elizabeth Driveway—a week before the festival is due to begin.

The National Capital Commission said that late blooming tulips have been planted at Dow's Lake and Major's Hill Park, but the blooms may fade before the end of the festival.

"The tulip festival has always had a focus on the tulips. But, that's just a visual focus. The Tulip Festival as a whole is really what we want to focus on," said Kim Berry, spokeswoman for the festival.

This year marks the 65th anniversary of the festival, a commemorative celebration of the role Canadian soldiers played in liberating the Netherlands.

"The focus of the festival is the friendship between Holland and Canada," said Berry.

The festival runs from May 7 to May 24.

With files from Sandra Abma and Kate Porter