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Description
" Just like a blue rose or a clear pink daffodil, jet black tulips exist only in the imagination.

In literature, for example, the quest for a dark-hued tulip figures in the 1850 novel, The Black Tulip by Alexander Dumas.

In this tale of love, murder and greed, the hero Cornelius Van Baerle grows a unique jet-black tulip that is stolen by a malevolent neighbor. Much deadly intrigue follows, and Van Baerle is jailed. Then as execution looms, he is saved just in time.

Swash-buckling romance aside, the black tulip cultivars we grow today are 20th century introductions – and they're actually dark plum, purple or maroon, as truly black flowers are virtually unknown in nature."

Description
" Just like a blue rose or a clear pink daffodil, jet black tulips exist only in the imagination.

In literature, for example, the quest for a dark-hued tulip figures in the 1850 novel, The Black Tulip by Alexander Dumas.

In this tale of love, murder and greed, the hero Cornelius Van Baerle grows a unique jet-black tulip that is stolen by a malevolent neighbor. Much deadly intrigue follows, and Van Baerle is jailed. Then as execution looms, he is saved just in time.

Swash-buckling romance aside, the black tulip cultivars we grow today are 20th century introductions – and they're actually dark plum, purple or maroon, as truly black flowers are virtually unknown in nature."