All About Tulips

Tulips are like cup-shaped flowers that grow in the spring. They are usually colored bright red, pink, orange, yellow, purple and white. They are a part of the lily family. These beautiful flowers are commonly found in Holland, Turkey and Central Asia, as they were brought to Holland from turkey. Tulips are mostly cultivated by Holland in great numbers. Different colors of Tulip represent or mean different thing like yellow tulip representing cheerful and happy thoughts, purple meaning royalty, white meaning forgiveness. Plants of tulip flower live for more than 2 years. They bloom in spring. Interestingly, their petals can be eaten. As far as their significance is concerned, they are the national flower of Afghanistan and Turkey.

Beautiful Snap of Tulip Field

Types and varieties of Tulips

Varieties

Black Tulip
White Tulip
Red Tulip
Pink Tulip
Orange Tulip
Yellow Tulip
Peach Tulip
Green Tulip
Brownie Tulip
Lavender Tulips

Types

Parrot Tulip
Star Tulip (Lady Tulip)
Garden Tulip
Striped Tulip (Broken Tulip)
Darwin Tulip

Black Tulip

This is a quite unique variety of a tulip as you see one. They are not really black but more of a dark maroon with black shades. That’s make them quite the unique color, I have to say.

White Tulip

This Tulip variety is really a pleasant color. As it represents forgiveness and apologies. These Tulips are also used in funerals. But this is a great color to have shining bright in your garden.

Red Tulip

One of the prettiest colors of a tulip is this one right here. They are absolute gorgeous and bright colored for you garden. They will look just as roses.

Pink Tulip

Pink Tulips

These pink tulips are really special, to you and your garden. Having one is like a dream. They are also one of the most loved colors of any lovely flower.

Orange Tulip

The sunshine in your garden, is this luxurious bright orange colored Tulip. As it brightens your garden like the sun in our solar system which brightens our solar system.

Yellow Tulip

This Tulip color represent happiness, cheerfulness and brightness. It will make a void of happiness inside your garden.

Peach Tulip

As I believe this color is just gorgeous. It gives this great spring vibe in your garden when it blooms. Peach are also a name of a fruit a delicious one. But still this color will never stop these vibes.

Green Tulip

The color of nature is always better having this pastel green color. As it camouflages in the sea of greenery, will make you unable to tell which one is which.

Brownie Tulip

Brownies are always delicious although you may not like it. But to be honest the color is mouthwatering and it will melt you heart like chocolate.

Lavender Tulip

Lavender is a beautiful color made for tulips as purple means royalty. You will always feel royal around these colored tulips in your garden when they bloom. They may be a royal color. Although they are not just royal but also beautiful as the sunrise that appears in your garden in the early morning.

Types

Tulip Flower

Parrot Tulip

This type of Tulip is the one type you would see in your dreams, they are twisted and ruffled with flame like patterns of different bright colors, they are like alien Tulips but beautiful.

Star Tulip (lady Tulip)

This tulip will look like an ordinary tulip but a bit difference in height, but when it blooms it’s the shape of an elegant stay in the middle of your garden, lost in hope.

Garden Tulip

This tulip is known for its large, showy flowers, they are also the national flower of Afghanistan, its also a part of the lily family and they are quite beautiful tulips with bright colors.

Striped Tulip (Broken Tulip)

It is mostly known as the Tulip breaking virus as this isn’t a type, but it is a quite beautiful one, it has stripes down the flower petals, but it will harm your flower and weaken it.

Darwin Tulip

Darwin tulips are a beautiful hybrid between single late tulips and early emperor tulips they have a beautiful color variation of red, yellow, white, pink and purple they may be sometimes confused with striped tulips (Broken Tulip) because they also have a striped pattern.

Planting Tulips in pots

Growing Tulips in pots is easy since pests wont disturb your tulips more frequently and your plants will stay safe. You can grow any type of bulb in the pot. We may also add different varieties of tulip flowers in the same pot. You may add different types of plants in too as long as your tulip has enough separate space around 2 to 6 inches. It is essential that you plant your bulbs in fall so these can bloom at the right time. A most bulbs prefer well drainage soil, or else they will die and rot after staying wet for a long period of time.

Remember to fill your pot with high quality mixing soil and avoid using garden soil. Make sure you place your bulb in the depth of 4 to 6 inches. Once you planted your bulb, make sure to water them properly. If your bulb has a little pot to grow in, do make sure that it has a large pot for the winters and it stays somewhere warm outside and not inside or else it won’t be able to develop properly during the winters. Once spring comes, your bulb will be ready to bloom its flower, only if taken good care.

Growing and Planting Tulips

Tulips are very beautiful flowers as they can come in any variety of color but not pure and true blue an

Tulips Gardening

d black, but these flowers will fill your garden with colorful nature and will brighten your garden up. They are really wonderful flowers buy you need to avoid pests such as Mice, Slugs, Mites and quite more.

Tulip Bulbs should be planted in the fall, the soil should be well drained (no sitting water) and cool. You can find any color of Tulip flowers but not true blue or pure dark black. Tulip bulb need full sun, without anything blocking its way from the full sight of the sun. The depth when planting a tulip bulb should be 4 to 6 inches and make sure when planting more than one Tulip bulb there should be spacing of 2 to 6 inches. After you have planted you Tulip Bulb spray it with gentle water, when there’s no rain around.

Once the flowers have started blooming you now don’t need too much work. But if the flowers are huge with a thin stem you need to make sure that when it rains heavily, it is in shelter so the flowers doesn’t get damaged from any extreme weather. When you are thinking to buy some Tulip plants, I recommend buying Tulip bulbs and not seeds. Since seeds will need more care and time, while bulbs are much better option to plant in your garden. Make sure when you buy tulip bulbs, they don’t appear thin, mushy, soft but do buy those which are fat and firm.

Tulips Bouquet

Tulip bouquet are given in as a gift or in an event. There are many types of tulip bouquet colors which represent different things or values and are used in some specific event. Purple colored tulip represent royalty (in special ceremonies), red tulip represent love (can be used in weddings or gifts), white tulip mean forgiveness (they can be used in funerals or in deaths), yellow represent cheerfulness and sunshine (can be given to friends or on birthdays), striped tulip very special tulip due to its stripes pattern is known to represent beautiful eyes (can be given in different events and as gifts). There are more meanings to different colors, and the meaning may be different in some other places.

Top 5 Flower Combinations

Roses and Tulips

Roses and Tulips will look beautiful together as they both represent the symbol love and are both beautiful flowers, they can go well in gardens, ceremonies and as bouquets, you may use them both where ever you want them to be. Colors that can go along White Tulip and Red Rose, Pink Tulip and yellow rose, White rose and Pink Tulip and Yellow, Orange Tulip and Red Roses.

Tulips and Daffodils

Tulips and Daffodils are often the first flowers to bloom in spring which is wonderful pair to see them both. As it shows a colorful display of spring flowers blooming in the same month, it will give your garden a spring display. They can be both seen together often and are perfect for bouquets and mostly gardens. There are some colors of Tulip and Daffodil that can come along which are, Red Tulip and Yellow Daffodil, White Daffodil and Red Tulip, Purple Tulip and Yellow Daffodil and Pink Tulip and White Daffodil.

Tulips and Lilies

Tulips are known to be a member of the Lily family with 14 other members. This makes them unstoppable together. They are really good match and both are related. They are mostly used together in bouquets, gardens and pots. There are some colors of Lilies and Tulips that get along really beautifully which are yellow tulip and white lily, purple lily and white tulip, reddish yellow lilies and yellow tulips, red tulips and white lilies, pink tulips and white lilies, purple tulips and purple lilies and white tulips and white lilies.

Tulips and Sunflowers

Tulips and sunflowers will brighten your garden up like our sun brightens our earth. They both will look lovely in many different and unique colors. As they may consist of different species or patterns but they will all look lovely together. They can both be used in garden, bouquets, decoration and vases. There are some unique color variations of Tulip and Sunflower which will look wonderful together which are orange tulips and sunflowers with dark brown center, White tulip and sunflower with lighter brown center, white striped tulips and sunflowers with darker brown center and yellow striped tulips and sunflowers with lighter center.

Tulips and Daisies

Tulips and Daisies can and will bring sunshine joy around your garden. They both are great garden pals and will stay as it till the end. You may not like the color variation but you would still like to have them both in your garden. As they are great pairs in gardens, pots, and bouquets. There is some variation you may or may not like, but they will fit wonderfully in your garden which are, White daisies and yellow tulips, red tulips and yellow daisies, purple tulips and white daisies, yellow daisies and yellow tulips and pink tulips and white daisies.

Bouquet of Tulips and Roses

Tulip DIYS

You can make many DIYS with or of Tulips. If you don’t own a tulip, you could make a paper tulip (fake tulip) using paper. It will look and shape as an ordinary everyday tulip. You may add it in your vase as a decoration or you may make a Tulip bracelet, Tulip flower crowns and many cool things.

You can watch videos or see instructions on how to make your very own one using different colored papers. People tend to make cards or bouquets with paper tulips in them and gift them to their parents, neighbors and close friends. You can always give them to someone who you tend to show your friendship to. Tulips can be also added as decoration in your house to make it wonderful. You may need a few tools when it comes to making DIYS which are, glue, scissors, papers, tulips, hot glue gun, different colored paper, pots, clay, paint, marker, wooden sticks, rubber band and pencil.