It is time to order bulbs for next spring. In fact it has been that time for a while and I have rather failed to get round to it until now - efficiency and timekeeping are not always my strongpoints. I order lots of bulbs for different clients: everything from Crocus to Camassia and Tritelia to Tulips.
Which brings us very neatly to the point of today’s blog - the noble Tulip.
All Tulips descend from small species varieties that ramble across the stony slopes and hills of southern Europe and Arabia. These species (and their hybrids) are often ignored by gardeners: this is a mistake as, although they are small and puny (most are only 15cm high) in comparison to most of their descendants, they tend to flower a bit earlier and, en masse, or grouped at the front of borders they are entrancing. son môi 3ce son etude house son môi etude house
The Tulip was first introduced to Western Europe by, so the story goes, by the German Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. Oghier Ghislain de Busbecq in the sixteenth century. He was an energetic fellow who is also credited with introducing the eager bb cream skinfood Europeans to the Angora Goat. Eventually, Tulips ended son môi etude house up in the Netherlands where the Dutch took them to their hearts. So much so that, in one of the less sensible periods of their history, it led to the massive speculation and excitement of Tulip Mania when the value of certain bulbs rocketed from a bit pricey to completely ridiculous - at one point a single tulip was traded for goods worth 2,500 florins, at a time when you could get a tonne of butter for 100 florins, four oxen for 450 florins and a skilled labourer earned 150 florins in a year. It was a short lived mania (less than a year) which eventually collapsed very swiftly leaving many people out of pocket.
Even today the Dutch lead the way bb cream etude house in breeding and developing Tulips. In the spring the acres and acres of bulb fields will be in full flow and drawing the attention of eager coach tours from across the continent, at this time of year it is all in the planning. bb cream the face shop At the Keukenhof Gardens they will plant somewhere in the region of five million of them over the next few weeks. The full range of colour and shape thefaceshop is laid out in row after row of flower stretching away into the distance. Although spectacular, many might find the experience a bit overwhelming, in gardens it is often best to interweave Tulips among emerging perennials or under deciduous shrubs rather than lining them up like imperial guardsmen.
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