I love tulips :) Spring is only a couple of weeks away here in Maryland and I am looking forward to it, to get my garden started, but not for the heat and humidity that follows, with the summer. I would love to live where you can have a good growing season and no humidity.
We have a good hot growing season and low humidity for sure, but to pay for that, we have a very late spring (it can snow as late as Mother's Day) and the natural soil is very poor and alkaline. Some do well though and I'm looking forward to the day when I can have enough land to have some real fun.