Find out how to revive tulips in a vase when they droop and keep them looking fresh as long as possible. A vase of cheery ...

I am standing at my kitchen sink talking to the purple tulips relaxing in a water bath. They move gracefully in the elegant cut glass vase that was a wedding present from my late friend Tonie.

de Heem’s ‘Still life with flowers in a glass vase’ (1650), which is currently on display at the Rijks Museum in Amsterdam. Centuries on, the tulip continues to reign supreme in the world of ...