There is no person who does not know what tulips are. Bright and delicate, they appear on our markets with the advent of spring. Two and a half thousand species of these flowers are now known. The rich palette of colors of their petals amazes with a variety of shades. Answering the question about what color tulips are, we can say that any. From white to black and from blue to dark purple. When choosing a bouquet, most of us are guided by the appearance of the buds and pay little attention to the color of the petals. But everyone is fraught with a certain value.
The story of tulips
The birthplace of these beautiful heralds of spring is Persia, as well as the arid and mountainous regions of Central Asia. There, in spring, the inhospitable steppes and semi-deserts become like magnificent scarlet carpets.
Of course, the colors of tulips found in the wild do not differ in variety, they are mostly red. All currently available shades were brought out by people through painstaking selection.
In ancient Persia, they were grown in the palaces of sheikhs. The festival of tulips, called Sayri Lola, has come down to our days and is celebrated annually. ATThese flowers came to Turkey from Persia in the 15th century. They called them "lale". Later, this word became a female name, which is now one of the most popular in the East.
Tulips came to Europe thanks to the Austrian ambassador de Buybeck. He brought some bulbs to Vienna, where they were grown for some time in the Vienna Gardens. Gradually, tulips reached France and Germany, and later Holland, where, because of these beautiful flowers, real insanity began. There was a case when a beer house worth 30 thousand florins was given for a tulip bulb. Having fallen in love with these flowers, the Dutch brought out hundreds of their varieties. All of them are beautiful, and all give a wonderful mood and joy. However, the meaning of the color of tulips in a bouquet is very important for many.
Reds
This color is the most common. Bright, eye-catching buds can decorate any flower garden. It is believed that the first tulips were red. They appeared at the moment when Prince Farhat, madly in love with his bride Shirin, crashed against the rocks. Evil people lied to the prince that his Shirin had died. The unfortunate man could not survive this news, spurred his horse and rushed straight to the sharp stones. Tulips bloomed exactly where the drops of poor Farhat's blood fell. Since then, the red tulip has meant fiery and passionate love.
There are a lot of varieties of red tulips. There are simple, there are terry, there are fringed petals. In the Red Emperor variety, the flower fully opens its buds. And Garden Spot remains half open. At the redthere are many shades: from scarlet to dark red, almost burgundy. Most often in our flower beds you can find the varieties Parade, Madame Curie, Boston. Recently, tulips Edda, Redwing and others, in which the petals have the thinnest fringe, have been popular.
Pink
Pink has always been considered the color of tenderness. The meaning of the color of pink tulips in your bouquet is a hint of tender and reverent feelings, about which you do not dare to say out loud yet. Also, pink is youth and its belief that all obstacles can be overcome. Pink tulips in the bouquet say that there is no burning passion in love yet, but there are wonderful feelings filled with dreams and hopes.
Among the varieties of pink tulips, Eyprikot Beauty is the most common. The petals of its flowers are so delicate that they seem fragile. Angelica tulips are very interesting, their doubleness is similar to peonies. Among the fringed ones, New Look and Bellflower are popular.
Yellow
Some are sure that yellow tulips hint at the cooling of feelings and inevitable separation. The song of Igor Nikolaev, which Natasha Koroleva sang, once again confirmed and involuntarily consolidated this opinion, because the couple broke up. But yellow tulips are flowers not only of sadness, but also of sunlight, warming all living things with its warmth. A bouquet of yellow tulips will bring comfort and joy of a bright day into the house, as if a few sunbeams have settled in your room. Also, yellow isa harbinger of happiness.
Giving a sunny bouquet to our loved ones, we wish them well-being and prosperity in the language of flowers. There is a good legend about happiness, as if it chose a house for itself in a yellow tulip and did not open it to anyone. Only to one little boy, who ran up to the flower with a sincere childish smile, did the flower open its petals. Favorite varieties are Golden Apeldoorn, peony Mont Amour, fringed tulips Laverock and Hamilton.
White
Each color of tulips has many shades. And only the white one. Since ancient times, it has been associated with purity and sincerity. A bouquet of white tulips no longer hints, but openly speaks of the purity and seriousness of your feelings. And white tulips help to ask for forgiveness. Agree, there are situations when it is difficult to do this with words - either pride gets in the way, or false shame. No need to despair. A bouquet of pristine and delicate snow-white tulips will do it instead of you, make the one you give flowers to smile. And then there are words. The most famous varieties are Angel Wees with a large bud, peony Cardinal Mingenti, fringed Honey Moon.
Black
Black color has different meanings. Many associate it with grief, loss. On the other hand, it is the color of rigor and commitment in business. In the 60s of the last century, the film "The Black Tulip" was released with the brilliant Alain Delon in the title role. He was in the image of the French Robin Hood, and the black tulip was his sign andsymbol of the revolutionary struggle.
The dark colors of tulips, and in particular black, were bred by order of the Negro representatives of Haarlem and were supposed to emphasize the beauty of the black Dutch. However, the meaning of such flowers is not associated with beauty and not with the struggle for freedom, but with unrequited love. By presenting such a bouquet, you are hinting at your feelings in the language of flowers without proper reciprocity.
Sometimes black tulips are given when they want to show that feelings are so strong that even death is not terrible. True, some associate these flowers with material we alth and prosperity in business. Therefore, such a gift does not always mean feelings. Perhaps the one who gives it simply wishes you success and we alth. Black Prince variety is the most demanded in our markets.
Blue and light blue
What color tulips are never found in nature? The answer is unequivocal: blue and blue shades, because the chromosomes of these colors do not have the so-called "blue" delphinidin gene. But blue and blue tulips still exist, although they are very rare. The enterprising Dutch brought them out. However, in order to grow an unusual tulip from a finished bulb, you need to try.
Such tulips in a bouquet are a desire to impress the one who is given flowers. The giver seems to speak of such a strength of his feelings that he will be able to get the impossible. Also, the color blue is a harbinger of great luck and success. There is a legend that blue tulips bloom high in the mountains for just a few days, and the one whofinds, becomes lucky in life.
Colorful
It is impossible to enumerate all the colors of tulips and all the combinations of shades that simultaneously appear on the petals of these flowers. Red with yellow, white with pink, red with white fringe and thousands of others turn tulips into unusually bright and colorful flowers. It is believed that the person who gives such a bouquet intends to emphasize the beauty of the eyes of the one to whom the bouquet is intended. If you do not think about the eyes, colorful tulips, charming with fantastic beauty strokes and dots on the petals, unusually cheer up, give smiles and bring many pleasant moments to relationships.
