Carolus Clusius is contributed to have introduced the tulip and tulip cultivation in The Netherlands. Clusius was the first one to have a scientific approach to botanical gardening. His tulip cultivation and publications of qualification of tulips are still relevant today.
This is an interview with Arie Dwarswaard, editor at the Greenity, the magazine for professional bulb growers and traders. Arie has made a study of the live of Carolus Clusius and can tell a lot about the man who laid the foundation for what would become one of Holland's bigger export products. Worldwide 85% of the flower bulbs are supplied by Dutch bulb growers.
Meet the man who stood at the basis in 1593 in Leiden and layed the foudation for tulip cultivation.