Although the Dutch dominate the European Tulip trade today, historians believe that the first European Tulips were actually French - grown by explorer Pierre Belon in his Le Mans garden in the 1550s after receiving bulbs during his travels.
Although the Dutch dominate the European Tulip trade today, historians believe that the first European Tulips were actually French - grown by explorer Pierre Belon in his Le Mans garden in the 1550s after receiving bulbs during his travels.