Tulip mania, a strange financial bubble in Holland in the 1630s, made a tulip bulb cost up to 10 times the yearly income of a skilled craftsman, according to reports. The flowers became a status ...

Every spring, gardening expert and author Sarah Raven relishes the fruits of her labours as her container tulips bring a riot of colour to her garden at Perch Hill Farm, East Sussex, where visitors ...

"When you buy supermarket flowers, take them home and doll them up," suggests Sally Ferguson, director of the Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Center in Danby, Vt. "Bringing home pots or bunches of ...