- Posted on Monday, May 8th, 2006 at 10:42 am
Corvettes Blooming in Bowling Green
By Andrea Hales
Bowling Green Assembly
The Corvette tulips
It seems the Corvette is turning heads on —- and off —- the road. Two thousand vibrant red “Corvette” tulips are blooming near the front entrance to the GM Bowling Green Assembly plant in Kentucky.
The Corvette tulip is the creation of an internationally renowned Dutch flower grower who was inspired by the pop song, “Little Red Corvette” on the popular Prince album “1999” from the 1980s.
Only 20,000 of the red flowers were sold worldwide in 2005. The first bulbs of the new Corvette tulip were available in November 2004. The development of this new breed of tulip took 17 years of work.
The introduction of the Corvette tulip coincided with the introduction of the Corvette to the European press. Bulbs were planted during a ceremony at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green at the same moment beautiful red cut flowers went on sale at major international flower auctions for the first time.
Like the vehicle that inspired it, the Corvette tulip attracts a lot of attention both by its famous name and beautiful, stylish looks.
2 Comments
Edward Hayes
That would be deer food in my yard. But there is truly nothing as beautiful as a field of tulips especially among the trees. It’s too bad those tulips are going to have to move.
You see the Holden FJ Efigy supercar was built on a Corvette chassis. Now Buick needs a halo car so the Corvette plant is going to have to add another line.
Hay do you think you can make a Big Purple Buick tulip to coincide with the Efigy’s introduction?
getalifeagain
Inasmuch as the tulip is God’s work and so beautiful, the Corvette automobile is even nicer!
And there is nothing like the Z06! It is the best world car.
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