the tulip parade started today in the nikitsky botanical garden.ver before has it started so early. thanks to the unusually warm weather in crimea , the first buds opened in february. local flower growers are confident that the southern coast of crimea is in no way inferior to holland in the unspoken tulip competition. to date, the exposition of the nikitsky botanical garden at the tulip parade includes 159 varieties and more than 105 bulbs planted. for many of us, accustomed to classically shaped tulips, it is difficult to even imagine how diverse these flowers can be. the nikitsky botanical garden presents double, fringed, so -called parrot tulips with intricately curved petals. this year landscape designers decorated a flower. a carpet in the shape of two goldfish, visitors have the opportunity not only to admire the tulips, but to make a wish without casting a net, but they also cannot fail to note the main guardians of the garden, as they are called there, cats. in the botanical garden, they have lived in entire dynasties since its foundation,