Totally tulips

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

From smuggled wealth hidden in the pockets of 17th-century refugees to imperial beheadings and long treks up freezing, desolate mountainsides... there's more to the humble tulip than you might think. And as the nights draw in, now is the perfect time to get planting these spring favourites. Garden designer Humaira Ikram shares her favourite varieties and ways of using them, and we head to Cambridge University Botanic Garden to discover a unique collection of species tulips and talk about their origins. Plus historian Fiona Davison tells the tale of how tulip mania shaped the history of Europe and gripped the Ottoman Empire to deadly effect.

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:06.4	Where nature puts on an unforgettable performance of colour and fragrance to delight your senses.
0:13.2	Inspire your gardening adventures and entertain your own little stars.
0:17.4	Race you, let's go.
0:19.5	Catch Springs finest scenes while you can at an RHS garden near you. Let's go. Catch Springs, finest scenes while you can,
0:22.1	at an RHS garden near you.
0:24.0	Book tickets online for discounts,
0:26.0	plus under fives go free and under 16s of five pounds.
0:31.7	I'm walking down the path in my garden
0:34.2	and have a suggestion for you on how you
0:36.5	could help with global warming.
0:38.3	With a large lawn I found a simple way of making a big difference.
0:42.3	I sold my ride-on mower and bought a top of the range Cress robotic lawnmower.
0:47.3	It runs off rechargeable batteries and uses cutting-edge technology to mow and maintain a lawn their size. The petrol mower
0:55.9	has gone, and with it, the emissions. I actually don't know why I didn't sell the Rydon sooner.
1:02.1	With the Cress robotic lawn mower, the lawn is actually looking better. The tiny grass
1:06.8	cuttings fall into the grassroots, helping to fertilise the grass, and the family doesn't have to put up with the noise and fumes from the right on.
1:14.6	And I've freed up more of my time to spend with them and in the garden.
1:19.0	It's an easy step, and you could also be making that change today.
1:24.1	Ask for Cress in your local garden machinery dealer or visit cress.com.
1:32.3	My first memory of tulips, I remember the colour most of all.
1:36.3	They were planted in blocks and swathes, immersing you in technical or happiness.
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