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Exclusive for Mail on Sunday readers: See tulip fields burst into colour with Adam Frost

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Exclusive for Mail on Sunday readers: See tulip fields burst into colour with Adam Frost – join the TV gardening star for a fabulous river cruise in Holland By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 13:40 BST, 1 October 2020 | Updated: 13:40 BST, 1 October 2020 The riot of springtime colour as Holland’s famous bulb … Read more

Britain in bloom! Stunning images show UK’s last remaining tulip fields bursting into colour

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Britain in bloom! Stunning images show UK’s last remaining tulip fields bursting into colour Britain’s last remaining bulb fields, near King’s Lynn, Norfolk, begin to bloom The flowers are brightening up Belmont Nurseries, run by Janet and Peter Ward The farm was due to open to the public to raise money for The Norfolk Hospice However … Read more

A flower worth more than a house: The best-selling history of the tulip

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NATURE THE TULIP by Anna Pavord (Bloomsbury £40, 467 pp) Who doesn’t love tulips? Colourful, flamboyant, easy to grow and cheap as chips, they are the perfect plant to brighten up a spring garden. Yet these cheery flowers have an unexpectedly dark and complex history. The tulip has had ‘more adventures than any Hollywood scriptwriter … Read more