Jill Biden accepts tulip named for her by the Netherlands

WASHINGTON — Tulip lovers have a new variety and it’s named for Jill Biden. The first lady accepted her “Jill Biden” tulip from Andrew Haspels, ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United States, during a ceremony at his official residence on Wednesday. The flower is reddish orange with fringed petals. “It was a very special ceremony because it doesn’t happen every day,” Haspels told The Associated Press in a telephone interview after the presentation. The Dutch have named tulips after seven U.S. first ladies, starting in the late 1800s with Frances Folsom Cleveland, the wife of President…