Underground and Waiting
While most tulip Test Gardens still lay in waiting under the ground, there are 44 emerged tulip gardens to celebrate in the Northern Hemisphere.
"More tulips are emerging!"reported Eisenhower Elementary students. McPherson, Kansas 02/10/17
Record Breaking Temperatures
The central plains and eastern U.S. are experiencing record-breaking temperatures this week. How will a week's worth of 15 - 35° above normal temperatures affect tulip gardens in 2017?
"It's been a warm winter in SC! Our temperature is 70 degrees F today! Wondering how long it will be before all 25 emerge."
Simpsonville, South Carolina 02/16/17"Extremely warm and unusual weather in Illinois for February!" Hoffman Estates 02/21/17
"Tulips up! A week of abnormally high February temperatures warmed the soil under a layer of straw." Cleveland Heights, Ohio 02207/17
