What’s weird about cut tulips?
Unlike other flowers, they don’t know when to stop. Tulips keep growing after cutting. In a vase of water, they will sometimes grow taller by as much as an inch or more! What do you do about “tulip droop”? Nothing! This is part of their charm. Cut tulips don’t stand still; they bend and turn towards sources of light, and respond to gravity. Florists claim tulips have “a life of their own.” Every day, tulips have a different look! What colours don’t tulips come in? Tulips come in every colour under the sun, except true blue and black. Are all tulips from Holland? Most people think that tulips originated in Holland, but actually they are native to the Black Sea and Crimea, now parts of Russia. This part of the world has also been known as the Great Ottoman Empire, Persia and Turkey. Where did the name “tulip” come from? The name Tulip is thought to come from the word “toliban” which is Turkish for turban, the traditional Turkish headgear. In Latin, toliban became “tulipa” – hence the nam
