Peace Garden

Petalled "turbans"

Holland may be the world?s largest tulip producer, but these lovely flowers actually originated farther East - they grow wild in a vast region stretching from Turkey to the Himalayan foothills. In fact, the name tulip comes from the Turkish word tülbent, or "turban". In the 16^th century, tulip bulbs were sent from Turkey to Europe, where they ended up in the hands of Carolus Clusius, a botanist at the University of Leiden. The first tulips bloomed in Holland in 1594.

Jardin botanique de Montréal (Archives) - call number:GIM000520

Jardin botanique de Montréal (Gilles Murray)

Jardin botanique de Montréal (Archives)

Did you know that the Botanical Garden's horticulturists plant some 40,000 tulip bulbs every year, most of them in the Reception Gardens and the Peace Garden? Their work begins in August, when they select and purchase bulbs to be planted before the first frost in fall so that they will bloom the following spring.

Tulips are the stars of the show in the Peace Garden each spring.

Jardin botanique de Montréal
(Gilles Murray)

Tulipa

Jardin botanique de Montréal
(Gilles Murray)

Tulipa kaufmanniana 'Showwinner'

Previous stop of the historical path:
Reception Gardens

Next stop of the historical path:
Perennial Garden

Construction of the Botanical Garden virtual exhibit [Jardin botanique de Montréal]