The flower was domesticated by the Ottomans, who planted vast numbers of bulbs in their palace gardens and were as fascinated by rare and exotic tulips as the Dutch at the height of tulip mania.

People were investing ridiculous sums of money into individual bulbs just so they could have that unique, absolutely rare tulip. "The situation was completely unsustainable. It only lasted about ...

Spring blooms converge at Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, where tulips, crabapples, and lilacs create a rare and fleeting ...