Mid-May is tulip season here, a month later than in Holland and our nation’s lower latitudes. The Maine beauties shown here were bowing gracefully into yesterday afternoon’s disappearing light.
The tulip plant was created in ancient Turkey and Persia (Iran now). The flowers became an integral part of the art, culture, and daily life in that area of the world. In fact, tulips often were worn in turbans, which is how they received their name – Europeans, who created a massive market for them, named them after the Persian word for turban. (Brooklin, Maine)