Tulip fanatics tend to place their bulb orders in July, when suppliers open their order books and the memories of spring successes or new discoveries are still fresh in the mind. They may have ...

In the 17th Century the Dutch went mad trading tulip bulbs in the hope they could ... house on the canal in Amsterdam for the price of one bulb," he said. "Then it collapsed," he added.

Tulips were once a hot commodity, leading to an economic crash in Holland in the 17th century. Plant tulip bulbs in the fall for successful ... Often referred to as tulip mania, the rise and fall of ...

And in early 1637, tulip bulbs were reaching some truly extraordinary prices. Then, very suddenly, it was over. In February that year, bulb wholesalers gathered in Haarlem, a day's walk west of ...