The Tulip | Description and Care
Scientific Name: Tulipa gesneriana
Common Name: Tulip
Family: Liliaceae
Source: mostly in Asia, in countries like Iran, Afghanistan and Turkey.
Description
- They are herbaceous plants and bulbs.
- Belongs to the genus of perennials.
- It has a height of 30 to 60 centimeters, depending on the variety.
* The flowers are actinomorphic and hermaphroditic
- Flowers composed of six petals heart-shaped backwards (warts) and six stamens.
- Leaf color from green to grayish green and lanceolate in almost all types.
- They bloom in spring.
Care
- Very sensitive to too high concentrations of salt in the soil.
- It is a cold weather plant.
- Use a mixture of river sand, compost and substrate.
- Water regularly, but without the ground to puddle.
- Remove the bulbs in early summer to replant in October.
- Plant the bulbs at a depth of 5 to 8 cm ..