The tulip is one of the most famous flowers. Often, you have heard about the summers in Holland. Tulips are everywhere and they are a wonderful and historic site. As for the tulips that you can grow in your backyard, you’ll find that there are over a 100 species. You’ll also notice that they are planted by bulb.

They are expensive at times, but often, you’ll find that the bulbs are well priced. When you see the expensive prices, you have to understand that they are probably hybrids, so that you get unusual colors and looks. As for the tulip, it is famous all over the world. They are well-known to be found throughout Europe, North Africa, Asia, China, and even in Iran. These particular plants are timeless.

They can be used in a casual potting garden or you can place them as a border along the house or sidewalk. You’ll find that many people use the flower as a border, because they bring color and have a lot of greenery.

Tulips are a sign of spring and happen to be among the many that bloom before the last frost. If you care to keep your tulips looking good and lasting through the season, you’ll want to cover them when you hear a frost is coming. Like any flower, they will die with a light frost. The best part about these bulbs is that you plant them in the fall. These are not flowers that you have to continuously dig up every year, because the winters tend to make them stronger.

Tulips will multiply through the buddy system and you will notice that the tulips will build every year. There are many reasons why your bulbs will begin to degrade and eventually die, but keep in mind, that there are more. You’ll lose some, you’ll gain some. This is the nature life of a tulip bulb.

For those who wonder how to purchase tulips for gifts and celebrations, you should consider that they work lovely as house-warming gifts. They also are nice to send for condolences.

You’ll want to consider purchasing tulips for those who have early spring birthdays or celebrations. It is also a fabulous gift to send someone for Easter. Easter is often the time for lilies, but spring allows it be a perfect time for tulips. Read the rest of this entry »

The word flower have some divine power in it that just mentioning the word flower you feel fresh and a smile appears on your face with momentary heavenly pleasure. Flowers are one of the best creations of God and when it comes to Tulip it means best among the best creations. Tulip is believed to be the flower of ‘Pride and love’. It is the National flower of Turkey and Iran and is a bulbous plant from tulipa genus and Lilaceae family. In Ottoman Empire of Turkey the flower was used in Turban and the word Tulip has traveled in different languages from word Turban to tulbend, tulipan and finally Tulip its present name.

Types of Tulips:

There are around 109 species available for Tulip with size from 4 inch to 28 inches and are available in all color, pattern and sizes. Here we can discuss the major 16 divisions of Tulip flowers namely Single early, Double early, Triumph, Darwin hybrid, Single late, Lily flowered, Fringed (Crispa), Viriflora, Rembrandt, Parrot, Double late, Kaufmanniana, Fosteriana or Emperor, Griegii, Botanical species and Multi flowering.

Cultivation of Tulips:

Tulips are cultivated in temperate climate. They are the flowers of mountainous areas which basically needs periods of cool dormancy. The center of diversity for Tulips is Hindu Kush, Pamir and Tine Shan mountain hills. Its native range extends from North America, Anatolia, Iran and Southern Europe and China in North West. All species of Tulips are not cultivated together. Although it’s a flower of Spring but yet which part of spring also carries an importance in Tulip cultivation. These three categories are:

Early flowering: In this category greigii tulips, Fosteriana, Kaufmanniana, Species Tulips, Single early tulips and Dounle early Tulips are cultivated. In the beginning of spring these are cultivated. Read the rest of this entry »