Chezar at work on an arrangement. “I always start with branches to create a foundation and follow with stiffer materials,” she says—in this case, lilies, then parrot tulips. | Gabriela Herman When ...

A man holds a bouquet of tulips at "Tulip Day Berlin" on Breitscheidplatz. As spring arrives, many people eagerly anticipate buying colourful tulip bouquets, but rising prices are likely to dampen ...

Underneath the elegant beauty of tulips lies a twisted legacy of mutations dating back hundreds of years. These are real changes in the genetics of the plant much like cellular engineering today.