Widely available at modest prices today, tulips are still closely
associated with the Netherlands. However, the tulip is not a native Dutch
flower. Like many other products in western Europe, such as the potato and
tobacco, tulips came to the Netherlands from another part of the world. Not
introduced to the Netherlands until 1593, the tulip was first seen by
Europeans in Turkey. It was there in 1556 that Busbeq (A.G. Busbequius), the
ambassador sent by the Austrian Emperor Ferdinand I to the Sultan of the
Ottoman Empire, witnessed the flowers growing in the gardens of Adrianople
and Constantinople. Scholars now believe that the Turks had been cultivating
tulips as early as AD 1000. Most of these tulips probably originated in
areas around the Black Sea, in the Crimea, and in the steppes to the north
of the Caucasus Tulips
require a period of cold while they're dormant and resting between shows.
That means you must plant before freezing weather, then get your great
display in the spring weeks of color if you know your tulips and plant early
and late ones, and a lot of middle-between.
Where do you want
tulips in April? In May? Decide that -and we can tell you what to plant. The
ground should be moist when tulips are planted. Give them two to four weeks
to start their roots before watering. Tulips should not have too much
moisture before they have made roots; in that condition they are easy
victims to rot or other infections.
Tulips require a period of cold while they're dormant and resting between
shows. That means you must plant before freezing weather, then get your
great display in the spring weeks of color if you know your tulips and plant
early and late ones, and a lot of middle-between.
Where do you want
tulips in April? In May? Decide that -and we can tell you what to plant. The
ground should be moist when tulips are planted. Give them two to four weeks
to start their roots before watering. Tulips should not have too much
moisture before they have made roots; in that condition they are easy
victims to rot or other infections.
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