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April 12, 2010

What's blooming in Baltimore's Rawlings Conservatory?

Baltimore Conservatory

Photo credit: Michael Lemmon

Tulip "Blue Parrot"

Tulips have always been appreciated for their beauty, but did you know that in the 17th century they became so popular they were used as a form of currency?

Most people associate tulips with the Netherlands but their cultivation dates as far back as 1000 A.D. when the Turkish Empire began growing them, well before the craze caught on in Europe. The tulip is the national flower of Turkey, and it thrives because of the long hot summers of dormancy there.

Visit Baltimore's Rawlings Conservatory and Botanic Gardens to cure your case of "tulipmania."

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About Susan Reimer

Susan Reimer has spent 16 years writing about raising kids - among other topics - in her column for The Baltimore Sun. And every time son Joseph or daughter Jessie passed another milestone - driver's license, college, wedding or a move to a new military duty station - she has planted another garden. Now she will be writing about those gardens - and yours - here on Garden Variety.

Susan isn't an expert gardener, but she wasn't an expert mother, either. Both - the kids and the gardens - seem to be doing well in spite of her.

She lives in Annapolis with her husband, Gary Mihoces, who loves to cut his grass but has noticed that there seems to be less of it every time the kids pass another milestone.

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