
Tulipmania Art Journal
A collection of remarkable facts about tulips
Tulips keep growing after having been cut
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 they are happy with the temperature and do not get too direct and hot sunlight, they can bring you joy for about a week in the vase and gain, in the meantime, up to 8 cm in height.
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…
There are no blue tulips
With over 3000 different registered varieties, tulips come in almost every imaginable colour tint and…
The tulip bloom is formed of … TEPALS
You are probably thinking that there is a misprint in the previous sentence, but 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…
