| Tulips
Tulip is one of the most popular spring flower which is most loved and recognized flower worldwide. Tulips stand as third most popular flower world-wide next only to the Rose and Chrysanthemum.
Tulips come in an incredible variety of colors, heights, and flower shapes. Some Tulips are even fragrant. Tulips mean a perfect lover.
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Division
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Lilliopsida
- Order
- Liliales
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Genus
- Tulipa
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Tulips bloom on bulbous plants, with big, showy flowers with six petals. There are about 100 species of wild Tulips.
Like many flowers, different colors of tulips carry different meanings. "Red tulips" mean love and fame, while " purple" is symbol royalty. The "yellow tulips" are expression for cheerful thoughts and sunshine. "White tulips" are used to claim worthiness or to send a message of forgiveness. "Multicolored tulips" can be given to people with beautiful eyes
The following classification of Tulips is based on the time of bloom. Tulips can be divided into early, mid, and late season flowering Tulips.
- Early Flowering Tulips:-These Tulips bloom in March and early April. Early Flowering Tulips are Species Tulips, Kaufmanniana (eg., Waterlily), Fosteriana (eg.,Red Emperor), Single Early(eg., Apricot Beauty ), Double Early, Greigii Tulips etc.
- Midseason Flowering Tulips:- These bloom in April and early may. Eg., Triumph, Swan Wings Tulip, Darwin Hybrids, Parrot Tulips.
- Late Flowering Tulips:- These Tulips bloom in May. Eg., Single Late, Double Late, Viridiflora Tulips, Lily-Flowered, Fringed Tulips, Rembrandt Tulips, Multi Flowering Tulips.
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