When people think about tulips, they usually think about The Netherlands, but tulips are actually the national flower of both Turkey and Iran. There are more than 3,000 species of cultivated tulips, in nearly all shades of the rainbow! They're just the right pops of color for our garden, are planted in the fall, and since they're seasonal bulbs they grow quickly in spring. There are tulip festivals all around the world, celebrating their variety of shapes and colors.

Tulip flowers have many shapes: like an upturned bubble umbrella, double-petaled, ruffled, or like lilies, depending on the species.

Tulips are usually more expensive than other bulbs, but once upon a time they were nearly worth their weight in gold! During the 17th century, a single bulb of the striped variety ‘Semper Augustus’ was sold for the equivalent of the cost of a home in The Netherlands.