>>4421040I know a thing or two about the tulip. Well they spread to there because of the dutch golden age. Now that's dandy and all but here's the thing, they cause the first economic bubble crash. It was all because they where sought over and especially the non traditional ones like pic. Normally you have to get lucky and bread them like that but some plant disease can cause it as well, and that disease stuck a lot of the tulips. so BAM tulip crash! Also the word tulip is said to come from the Persian word for turban because they kind of look like one.