PublishedReaktion Books, April 2017 |
ISBN9781780237596 |
FormatHardcover, 224 pages |
Dimensions21.6cm × 13.8cm × 2.3cm |
Wild tulips originally grew across Asia, often on the slopes of remote mountain ranges; the malleable genes of these progenitors gave rise to tulips' unrivalled variety of colour and form. In Tulip , Celia Fisher traces the story of this important and highly popular plant, from its mountain beginnings to its cultivation in the gardens of Mughal, Persian and Ottoman potentates, and its migration from East to West along the silk trading routes.
