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The tulip has a short stem, 20–25 cm (8–10 in) long, [3] making it a dwarf tulip. [4] It has lance shaped leaves which may be plain green, [3] or blue-green. [5] They also often have purple markings on their leaves. [6] It is one of the earliest tulips to bloom, [3] [4] between February and April. [5]
Tulips are divided into 15 distinct groups:- Single early - cup-shaped flowers to 7 cm (3 in) in diameter, often margined with contrasting colour; early to mid-spring; Double early - fully double bowl-shaped flowers to 8 cm (3 in) in diameter, often margined with contrasting colour; mid-spring
Wicked Tulip plants over 1.5 million bulbs across their three locations, Exeter, Preston, CT and Johnston. The fields bloom one after the other as varieties with different bloom times are planted ...
While tulips were known from at least the 12th century in Persia, and appear in decorative art in Turkey in the 13th century, the first description in European botanical literature, was by Conrad Gesner in his De Hortus Germanica (1561), which he referred to as Tulipa turcarum, and states he saw in a garden in Augsburg in 1559.
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Tulipa greigii typically grows 8–12 in (20–30 cm) tall, they have single flowers with a bowl-like shape, blooming in early to mid-spring. They also have spotted and striped leaves and the flowers are quite large, up to 4 in (102 mm) wide. The blooms are more limited in colour shades than with other tulips, ranging from red and yellow to white.
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Tulips spread rapidly across Europe, and more opulent varieties such as double tulips were already known in Europe by the early 17th century. These curiosities fitted well in an age when natural oddities were cherished especially in the Netherlands, France, Germany and England, where the spice trade with the East Indies had made many people ...