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    DISCOVER HOLLAND’S   Bulb Paradise

    Feb 13, 2018 4 minutes
    By Shannon McCabe

    EACH SPRING, A PASSION for bulbs inflames the Netherlands countryside. Sprawling fields burst into bloom and greet hordes of tourists eager to visit the heart of the bulb growing industry. Travelers are greeted by massive blankets of color — a technicolor patchwork of tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths.

    I was lucky enough to visit bulb country recently, but not as a tourist admiring the cultivars planted chockablock by the millions. As a writer and member of the seed searching team for Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company, I’m tasked with finding the most outlandish and rarest plant gems. The bulbs I seek have exotic origins, historical

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