This is the first year we've had tulips and ever the optimist, we didn't heed the meteorologists warning to cover our plants. Well, we got to enjoy them for a little while..... Tulips originated in what was once Persia, where they still grow wild. Their name comes from Turkish and Persian words for turban, tulepan and dulband, after the turban-like shape of the flower. Tulips fill the pages of Persian poetry, literature, and folklore. In today's Iran, this simple flower is pregnant with … [Read more...] about Red Tulips