Tulips bloom everywhere in the world Alice Chamley View Comments Tulips are a very hearty and beautiful flower that never fails to bloom! They are the most colorful of all spring flowers, and also the easiest flowers you'll ever grow. Just plant the bulbs in the fall for blossoms the following spring. When we see their colors beginning, we know spring is really here. We have only a short time to enjoy them because they don't last very long, about one to two weeks, depending on the weather. They do best if it stays cool. Historians believe the tulip probably originated on land somewhere between Northern China and Southern Europe. The plants were soon cultivated in the Ottoman Empire, (present day Turkey) and then imported into Holland in the 16th century.