1.   Behind a disguise of vibrant-colored petals, the tulip has a checkered past that is all but forgotten today.

2.   Of all the bulbs, tulips definitely have the best names.

3.   Since I cut the grasses to the ground in February, the tulips have a lovely, well-proportioned background of new green grass shoots when they bloom in May.

4.   Tulip has no place in this novel, but there is a beautiful, neglected German shepherd named Evie.

5.   Tulips have a lot to say.

6.   Tulips have a reputation as being short-lived perennials, though it is somewhat exaggerated.