It’s tulip season and the earlier part of the week was just right for taking them in. In late 2021, Bloomia, a King George wholesale florist donated 65,000 bulbs to be be planted in Fredericksburg. I took in Hanover Street and the residents were extremely proud of the results as they should be .
The beauty would be something I would expect to find in the Bible. However, the Bible does not mention tulips specifically. Biblical scholars now tell us that the phrase “lilies of the field” refers to many different kinds of flowers, including the tulip. The more than 6,000 varieties of tulips are a testament of the creativity of gardeners to breed special varieties and the earth to make them prosper.