Tulipmania Art Journal

A collection of remarkable facts about tulips

There are tulips that have more than one flower per stem

Although the classical image of the tulip most of us picture is a single flower crowning the top of the stem, it is not uncommon for tulips to produce more than one flower on the same stem.

Such tulips are called multi-headed or bouquet-flowering tulips and although they do have a single main stem growing from the bulb, this main stem branches out into several smaller secondary stems, each producing a blossom. This way one single tulip stalk may work as a bouquet on its own, featuring a cluster of 3 to 6 full-sized flowers blooming at once.

A folk tale from Devon tells that fairies lulled their babies at night in the cups of tulip flowers

01/05/2020 Tulipmania Art

The story has it, that there was once an old lady who planted an amazing flower garden and her tulips were so beautiful, that the …

In the Victorian Times hundreds of Tulip Societies were established all over Britain, one of them, the Wakefield and North of England Tulip Society is still thriving nowadays

15/05/2020 Tulipmania Art

Great Britain has its particular love story with the tulip. The bulbs reached England in 1577 and ever since the tulip was extensively grown. Many …

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 growing after being cut and placed into a vase. If …

The most praised Turkish tulips, unlike the tulips sought after by the Dutch during tulip mania, had elongated and pointed, almost dagger-shaped petals.

22/06/2020 Tulipmania Art

It is curious how the standards by which a flower’s beauty is appreciated may differ across time, countries and cultures. We all remember the majestic …

“Everything you didn’t know about the tulip”

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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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