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Roughly 27,000 tulips from 39 cultivars are in peak bloom throughout the gardens. The bulk of the tulips, about 17,000 bulbs, ...

But for much of his career (cut short in 1989 by his death, of AIDS, at 42) the New York artist also created pictures of flowers, including 1988’s Parrot Tulips. The genres are not unrelated ...

For example, at the Dixon, one finds such categories as "lily tulips," notable for their flaring pointy petals, and "parrot tulips," which appear feathery. Also present are examples of wild tulips ...

Dolores Singh, a former North York resident who has lived in the Malvern neighbourhood since three years ago, sends Garden Guru a photo of a parrot tulip that she says “is a rare one.” “They are large ...