Tulip fever
Aug 11, 2021
3 minutes
Charles Quest-Ritson
Charles Quest-Ritson wrote
the
RHS Encyclopedia of Roses
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IN old age, one regrets the snobbery of one’s youth. Tulips, when I was young, were considered not for proper gardeners. The public parks had endless plantings of ‘Queen of the Night’ poking out from a ground-covering of forget-me-nots. That made them a complete no-no. The only tulip a plantsman might be allowed to grow was a species he had collected somewhere in Greece, Turkey or Central Asia.
I was a
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