A reader would like to buy "French" tulips like those sold at the florist's, but can't find any in catalogs. The Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association in the Netherlands recognizes 15 groups of ...

COLUMN. Born in Central Asia, these bulb plants – whose name likely comes from their turban-like shape – have a long ...

One day, eight years ago, a young au pair from Bordeaux wandered up 24th Street in Noe Valley and stopped to chat with the owner of a flower shop called the French Tulip. One thing led to another and ...

Tulips have enchanted gardeners for hundreds of years, feeding a passion that got out of hand in 17th-century Holland when people lost first their heads and then their fortunes over the craze known as ...

I bought a bunch of 10 tulips for $6.99 the other day and stuck them on my desk. One day, the buds were tight and pale, the next about the size of a plum and similar in color. They weren’t the slinky, ...