It’s that time of year when shelves in our garden centres are full of impressive bulb selections. It is so tempting as arguably no spring garden display is complete without the majestic tulip.
But there is one fly in the ointment looming large – climate change. Just this last year we’ve had a wet winter, a very cold snap, the warmest June on record followed by a pretty wash out summer, then heat, storms and much topsy-turvy weather besides. None of it is good news for the tulip as they