BBC - Carol Klein's Plant Odysseys Series 1 (2015) Part 2 Tulips

Carol Klein's Plant Odysseys

Four-part series in which Carol Klein explores the inner secrets and botanical history of four of our favourite garden plants the rose, the tulip, the iris and the water lily.

Part 2 Tulips

Carol's quest to uncover the colourful history of the tulip begins high in the mountains of eastern Turkey, where an early ancestor of those grown in today's gardens can be found flourishing in the harshest of environments. The next leg of her journey takes her to the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem, Holland, where she discovers how the wealthy elite were struck by tulip mania and the Dutch economy was almost brought to its knees.

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