Herbaceous Supervisor Kirsty Wilson puts the finishing touches to the two varieties ‘Purple Prince’ and ‘Apricot Beauty’. The 15,000 blooms around you are commercial varieties, part of an annual global trade in billions of bulbs. Originating in central Asia, tulips have been cultivated for at least 1,000 years. They were prized by the Persians, Byzantines and Ottoman Turks, and later became sought-after status symbols in Europe. At the height of tulip mania in the Netherlands in 1637, some rare bulbs demanded the same price as a town house. Tulips planted to celebrate spring and brighten view

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Herbaceous Supervisor Kirsty Wilson puts the finishing touches to the two varieties ‘Purple Prince’ and ‘Apricot Beauty’. The 15,000 blooms around you are commercial varieties, part of an annual global trade in billions of bulbs. Originating in central Asia, tulips have been cultivated for at least 1,000 years. They were prized by the Persians, Byzantines and Ottoman Turks, and later became sought-after status symbols in Europe. At the height of tulip mania in the Netherlands in 1637, some rare bulbs demanded the same price as a town house. Tulips planted to celebrate spring and brighten view to Botanic cottage Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh. Credit: Euan Cherry

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