Product Description
Add the beauty of Colonial Williamsburg in the spring to your home with these Real Touch Parrot Tulip artificial flower stems! Parrot tulips are one of the many varieties of tulips on display in our Historic Area gardens in April and May each year. The lacy blooms feature creamy white petals with stripes of color. These faux flowers are available in purple, pink, or white with red stripes. We love these faux flowers grouped into a blue and white vase! Measures 20"H. Each stem sold separately. Made of plastic and wire. Imported.
Product Care
For use indoors or in outdoor protected areas. When you receive your florals from us, gently extend the branches, leaves, or flowers after taking it out of the box to achieve desired fullness.
Inspiration
The colorful spring season in Colonial Williamsburg includes thousands of tulips in a rainbow of colors, heralding the return of warmer weather! From the large and glorious display of tulips in the Governor's Palace Gardens to smaller gardens such as the Alexander Craig Garden, you will find every color and variety of tulip in the Historic Area.
In 1730 Robert Furber, an English nurseryman, published an unusual flower catalogue. On each of its twelve pages, he illustrated graceful arrangements of flowers grouped according to the month in which they bloom. Four hundred varieties, all of which could be purchased in London nurseries, were accurately illustrated and identified. Intended as a sales catalog, the "Twelve Months of Flowers" was an immediate artistic success and has been treasured for almost 300 years. John Custis IV had extensive gardens in Williamsburg, and publications such as Furber's Flowers provided inspiration for varieties to plant, including many types of tulips. Learn more from Assistant Curator of Maps and Prints, Katie McKinney, in her deep dive article, Furber's Flowers.
