The tale of the Dutch tulip craze is a cautionary one – the first example of an economic bubble. As a new exhibition of flower paintings opens in London, Alastair Sooke looks back. Not long after the ...

The tulips are out, by the millions, all over the world, in all colors imaginable, some bi-color or tri-color, in stripes, curly, double- or single-petaled, heralding spring with their vibrant shades.

Fields of colorful tulips draw fans from all over the world to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival through April in Mount Vernon and the surrounding area. Bloom dates vary through the month “according to ...