Not-quite-black flower adds dark elegance to 60th festival

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Not-quite-black flower adds dark elegance to 60th festival

Thursday, May 8, 2008

By Jeff Wilkin (Contact)
Gazette Reporter

The black and mysterious "Queen of the Night" tulip will be featured at this weekend's 60th Tulip Festival in Albany's Washington Park, where more than 90,000 tulips are in bloom. Music, crafts, food and tulip queens will also be part of the festivities....

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