Elegant Tulip Bulbs The Most Complete Information on Tulip Bulbs that will Ever Have Been Compiled

As more and more tulip bulb hybrids and species are being developed each year the www.elegant-tulip-bulbs.com website maintains an ever increasing catalog of these tulips for your perusal.

Zoetermeer, Netherlands (PRWEB) December 18, 2005 -- There are now more than 3500 tulip bulb varieties available.
            
When you think of tulips, you automatically think of the Netherlands. These plants originally came from central Asia. The Turks cultivated these flower bulbs long before the Dutch. When the first tulip bulbs were planted in the Netherlands at the end of the sixteenth century, it wasn’t long before the tulip became famous. Professional growers foresaw a golden future for the plant, and a lively flower bulb trade developed. Tulips were even seen as solid investments, and this led to wild speculation – the time of the tulip craze, also known as tulip mania. Things got so out of hand that the government had to intervene. When this happened, the market in tulip trading collapsed within 24 hours.

It was here, in the Netherlands, that more and more new varieties with new forms and colours have been – and are still being - developed.

More than 75% of all the Dutch flower bulbs are exported. The largest markets are the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy and France. There are two types of markets for flower bulbs, and this is true both in the Netherlands and in other countries. More than half of all the flower bulbs are used for the production of cut flowers or pot plants. The other flower bulbs find their way to gardens owned by individual consumers, and parks.

Of all the bulbous plants, the tulip is the most important. Tulips have been extremely popular as cut flowers and garden plants for many centuries. The number of varieties being cultivated is also huge. There are more than 3500 varieties registered. Tulips are classified into various groups based on their flowering period and shape. Some examples are single, double, fringed, lily-flowered and parrot tulips. There are also tulip groups for botanical tulips and their related varieties. For flower bulb production, the tulip is planted in the autumn and lifted in the summer.

Tulips are one of the most beautiful and elegant plants in the world. Everyone loves to see their colorful displays in the gardens and parks at springtime but with so much choice how do you know which ones to choose.

This is where the online catalog maintained by the www.elegant-tulip-bulbs.com website becomes extremely useful.

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