Thursday, March 22, 2007

Thousands of flowers to bloom in new Ottoman garden

"Thousands of flowers to bloom in new Ottoman garden
BETSY TAYLOR
Associated Press

ST. LOUIS - One of the nation's largest displays of rare tulips is poised to be in full bloom in a few weeks at the new Ottoman garden at the Missouri Botanical Garden.

While the Botanical Garden as a whole had nearly 90,000 flower bulbs planted last year, about 9,000 of those are in the Ottoman garden, which includes historic hybrid tulips with varieties dating from the 1500s."

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