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Tesselaar tulip farm bed of Queen of the Night

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• The allure of this dark tulip is its formal and distinguished garden presence. 
• 'Queen of the Night' demands respect as her magnificent flower heads burst from strong green stems. Maroon, almost black blooms are unique and terribly exotic in the garden. 
• The dark shades make the surrounding colours stand out to great effect. 
• Experiment with lemons, whites, reds, oranges and bright pinks for sensational garden effects. 
• The possibilities are endless with this popular variety
• Tulipmania might have transpired nearly four hundred years ago but the spirit lives on in gardeners everywhere. 
• The quest for the black Tulip has eluded breeders for centuries. 
• This deep maroon shade is the closest they have come and we think it is pretty special.
• Tulips look best en masse. Their intense colouring can be used to create platforms of colour through your beds and borders. The large range means there is one to suit every garden style or pallet.
• If you are lucky enough to live where the weather is warm you will need to chill your bulbs. To do this place them in a paper bag, egg carton or similar breathable containment, then pop them into the crisper (don’t confuse them with onions!) and leave them for a 4-6 weeks (for Tulips some say up to 8 weeks but it is a long time taking up valuable fridge space so just do your best). 
• Chilling your Tulips brings their flowering time forward and converts the carbohydrates to sugars stimulating growth in the bulb. If you live in an area that gets at least two frosts a year you do not need to refrigerate your Tulip bulbs.
• During this time you can prepare the soil for their arrival by adding some delicious organic matter. Tulips need good drainage and at least six hours sun a day to flower at their best. Plant 15-20cm deep with the pointed end up. Space 10-20cm apart, closer for a bigger show. 
• An easy way to remember when to plant your Tulips is Mother’s Day, as the soil has cooled sufficiently by this time. (In Australia location)
• In most areas it is recommended you dig your Tulip bulbs once their foliage has browned. 
• If you live in an area with frost, the soil is shaded or mulched through summer and the ground does not become soggy during their dormant period you do not need to lift your Tulip bulbs. In every other case it is recommended.

Bollenveld (field with tulips) in Hillegom, the Netherlands. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

• The Tulip was initially a wild bloom, developing in Focal Asia.
• It was initially developed by the Turks as promptly as 1000 AD. 
• The blossom was presented in Western Europe and the Netherlands in the seventeenth century via Carolus Clusius, an acclaimed scientist from Vienna.
• In the 1590's Carolus Clusius turned into the executive of the Hortus Botanicus, the most established natural enclosure of Europe, in Leiden. He was employed by the College of Leiden to research medicinal plants and, at the same time, he accepted a few knobs from his companion, Ogier de Busbecq, the Envoy to Constantinople (in the blink of an eye Istanbul). He had seen the delightful blossom called the tulip, after the Turkish word for turban, developing in the royal residence enclosures and sent a couple to Clusius for his enclosure in Leiden. He planted them and this was the start of the astonishing globule fields we see today.
• To start with of the seventeenth century, the tulip was beginning to be utilized as an arrangement adornment within expansion to its medicinal utilization. It soon picked up significant fame as an exchanging item, particularly in Holland. The enthusiasm toward the blossom was enormous and globules sold at inconceivably high costs. 
• Botanists started to hybridize the blossom. They soon discovered methods for making the tulip significantly more embellishing and enticing. 
• Mixtures and transformations of the blossom were seen as rarities and an indication of high status.
• In the months generally 1636 to right on time 1637, there was a complete "Tulipmania" in the Netherlands.
• A few assortments could cost more than an Amsterdam house around then. Indeed common men joined in the business. They perceived the amount cash the privileged made in the merchandise and thought it was a simple method for getting loads of cash with no danger. The globules were typically sold by weight while they were still in the ground. This exchange un-grew blooms came to be called 'wind exchange'.
• The dealers profited consistently. Individuals began offering their organizations, family homes, ranch creatures, outfitting and settlements to partake.
• The administration couldn't do anything to stop 'Tulipmania'; the exchange was about access and interest.
• At long last, the tulip did not seem to so uncommon as to defend such high costs.
• Over-supply prompted easier costs and merchants went bankrupt while numerous individuals lost their reserve funds due to the exchange.
• This 'Tulip Crash' made the administration present uncommon exchanging confinements on the blossom. It is said that the tulip got to be so famous in light of its brilliant colors, sensational flares and frilly petals.
• To have tulips in one's house was an approach to inspire and, when the riches spread down the social stepping stool, so did the urge for tulips.
• In the twentieth century it was found that the frilly petals and sensational blazes that gave the blossom its shocking look were, indeed, the side effects of a contamination by the mosaic infection.
• The sound blossom should be strong, smooth and monotone.
• The infection went to the tulip from a mite living on peaches and potatoes.
• Sick assortments of tulips are no more sold.
• What you discover today are crossovers that appear to be comparable however are hereditarily