Tulipmania Art Journal
A collection of remarkable facts about tulips
At the beginning of the 17th century noblewomen in France wore rare tulips on their décolletages instead of jewellery
As surprising as it may sound, before taking over Holland, the tulip gained popularity in France, causing a mini version of the tulip mania there, with extremely high prices paid for rare tulip bulbs already at the beginning of the 17th century. Tulips reached and even exceeded the prices of precious jewels and the blooms were, accordingly, worn by the noblewomen of the time as posies on their décolletages, as the most luxurious pieces of jewellery.
In Persian mythology the tulip is considered to be the flower of love
The Persian legend of the red tulip tells the love story of Farhad and princess…
It takes 6 years to grow a tulip from a seed
Even though we are used to perceiving tulips as bulbous plants, they can also propagate…
The first tulip growing in Europe was recorded in the city of Augsburg, Germany
In the spring of 1559, the Swiss botanist Conrad Gesner saw the tulip flowering for…
The National Tulip Day in Holland is celebrated on the third Saturday of January
The tulip season in the Netherlands officially starts long before the gardens get coloured by…