About Tulip Flower

Tulip

Scientific name: tulip

Family: Liliaceae

Category: Flowers from the AZ Plants Guide
Characteristics
General
Tulips are very colorful plants, with a solitary flower, at the top of an erect stem, and with the leaves from the base.
The tulip is the most emblematic flower in the Netherlands, where countless varieties and hybrids are cultivated, in a profusion of colors, hues and tip shapes, etc...
How to Identify
With a very colorful and solitary flower, with six petals, at the top of an erect stem, and the leaves at its base, this bulbous plant is very popular and frequent in gardens and public spaces, due to its decorative potential, which is why very easy to identify.
Ground
Tulips like moist but well-draining soil - they don't tolerate soggy soil.
Irrigation
Water regularly to facilitate rooting, germination and prolong flowering of the bulbs, especially when growing bulbs in pots.
Propagation
The bulbs can be saved at the end of flowering and replanted annually in the fall, or grown as perennials, in which case you should leave them in the ground to grow and replicate naturally. In this case you can propagate them, by division of the bulbous rhizome.
Flowering
Occurs in spring, 2-3 months after putting the bulb in the ground.
Conservation
After flowering, let the plant dry completely and remove the bulb from the ground to store it in a dry, dark and well-ventilated place. You can store the bulbs, in a storage room, in vases filled with dry sand or wrapped in paper, inside bags, where you should also place some absorbent material, such as rice or ash.
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