Tulip; what could be more Dutch? Well, actually the tulip is typically Iranian, Afghan and Kazakh. Itinerant nomads brought colorful flowers to Turkey, where the sultans started the trend of wearing flowers in a turban. And so the flower got its name; “tulip” meaning turban. In the sixteenth century, by gifting a tulip, you would literally donate a treasure. Back then, the flower was extremely popular and there was speculation about tulip bulbs. For the price of one tulip bulb, you could buy an entire canal house in Amsterdam. Today, a bunch of tulips will cost you only a few euros, and the flower is available to everyone. Tulips combine fabulously in a bouquet, for example, with carnations or buttercups, creating an impressive arrangement. Or buy loose tulips and place them in a special tulip vase where they can show off and jump in all directions.
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