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I’ve always liked flowers, but not the traditional roses and carnations that guys love to buy. I love selling them from my gazebo in the park. My favorite flower is tulips. Unfortunately I didn’t inherit the green thumb that my mother and her mother before her had, I seemed to get a black thumb. I had a cactus in college until I set it outside and someone stole it from the balcony near my room. I had pretty much given up on flowers when my Mom suggested I buy something that was a bulb and that would return every year with little effort. Since tulips are my favorite flower I thought it was worth a shot. I bought purple and white tulips and took a lot of care to plant them and water them everyday with the hopes that I might turn my black thumb green. To my surprise the tulips did bloom and looked absolutely beautiful in the spring. I also tried fall tulips but didn’t have the same luck. As I did a little research on tulips, I was surprised to learn a few interesting tidbits of information about tulips. Though they are often associated with Holland, they are originally from Persia and were extremely rare and very valuable. They are also supposed to take a lot of care and persistence and can be very difficult to grow. I was very pleased when the following spring my beautiful tulips returned to remind me of my effort the previous year.