Tulipmania Art Journal

A collection of remarkable facts about tulips

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 by seeds. It is quite a lengthy process though, and it takes about 6 years for the seed to develop into a bulb and grow strong enough to bloom.

Tulips keep growing after having been cut

09/06/2020

Tulipmania Art

Seems surprising, but is absolutely true, the regenerative powers of tulips allow them to keep…

There are tulips that have more than one flower per stem

13/07/2020

Tulipmania Art

Although the classical image of the tulip most of us picture is a single flower…

There are vases especially designed for holding tulips

27/04/2020

Tulipmania Art

Tulips have mesmerised people for centuries in different countries around the world and it was…

A stylised tulip, enciphering the word “Allah”, represents the national emblem of Iran and is featured on the Iranian flag

07/08/2020

Tulipmania Art

Originating from Persia and being called “laleh” – “Flower of God” in Persian, in spite…

“Everything you didn’t know about the tulip”

Book

Did you know that tulips don’t have petals and can grow from seeds and not only from bulbs? Have you ever heard of the tulip formula, the tulip coin or one single tulip bulb serving as a bride’s dowry? Were you aware that the Peace tulip is actually dedicated to John Lennon and Yoko Ono? All these and many more other curious facts about the tulip will be revealed in all detail in our book.

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