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  • Writer's pictureAtanu Chatterjee

Worthy 'Tulip'

One of the most beloved flower of the world is Tulips, which is being consider as romantic, elegant, bright and always right from ‘Liliaceae’ family and Tulipa as genus. The name came from Persian word meaning turban, the meaning of Tulip generally is perfect love grown from bulbs, do claim worthiness by compact appearance, different colours have own significance, cheerful thoughts while used as favourite cut flower, includes indigenous, variegated to Dutch varieties

Note: The picture relates from Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden, Jammu & Kashmir, India which hosts 1.5 million plants of 48 species at 30 hectares landscape. Most importantly present within first week of April when Tulip Festival was a full swing, as a fortunate visitor


Grow: All is required to secure Tulip bulbs from reliable source during September/October and care of maintenance follows like bulb variety plants say Gladiolus or Lilium. The blooms of Tulip is cup shaped with three petals, single or double. It requires fertile, well drain prepared soil mixture, full to partial sun, the height of the plant depends upon variety from 6 to 24 inches. Not yet got the opportunity to grow at personal capacity like other flowers

Scientific Classification: Kingdom: Plantae; Clade: Angiospers, Monocots; Order: Lilales; Family: Liliaceae; Tribe: Lilieae; Genus: Tulipa (Source: Wikipedia) … for correlation

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