Also known as parrot tulips, these bulbs are identifiable by their serrated petals that add a softness to their appearance. I was fortunate enough to visit a Dutch grower's nursery during my visit ...

Owner John Bos Jr., aka Farmer John, plants about 100,000 tulip bulbs each season, and this year has more than 65 varieties, according to a post on the business’s Facebook page. Dutch Hollow ...

In the 17th Century the Dutch went mad trading tulip bulbs in the hope they could make a massive profit. But was Tulip Mania - a parable of greed compared to the recent heavy investment in the ...

I want to show my gratitude to the city and its inhabitants,’ says the 20-year-old heir apparent to the throne of the ...

In February that year, bulb wholesalers gathered in Haarlem, a day's walk west of Amsterdam, to find that nobody wished to buy. Within a few days, Dutch tulip prices had fallen tenfold.

Tulip fanatics tend to place their bulb orders in July, when suppliers open their order books and the memories of spring successes or new discoveries are still fresh in the mind. They may have ...

Tulips are the national flower of the Netherlands, with much of its agriculture dedicated to growing the flower. Tulips are ...

Keukenhof Dutch tulip fields is very neat ... I recommend you make a beeline to the Keukenhof tulip shop. You can pick out ...

Tulips like to be planted at a depth of 3 times the size of the bulbs which is about 4 to 8 inches deep. They require well-drained soils. Poorly drained or wet soils often cause decline and ...

(In other words, if a bulb is three inches tall, it should be planted with six inches of soil or compost above it.) Although Dutch tulips only bloom once in our climate and then die, certain ...