The tulip has been in The Netherlands for about 400 years.

In Amsterdam you can visit the Tulip Museum! When the tulips bloom in the Spring the "heads" or flowers are removed either by hand or machine. The energy then goes back into the bulb. The one bulb that was planted last fall developes two new bulbs. All the bulbs/plants are taken out of the ground.

The two new bulbs are kept and the old one is discarded. This process is repeted every year! What a beautiful sight driving through the "bollenstreek"bulb fields. The colours and names of tulips are too many to name!