Well February is here and my flower for the Month is Tulips.
"Tulips" I here you say Not Roses.
Yes that right Red Tulips are my True flower of St Valentine's Day.
Tulips got their name from the Turkish for turban, after its rounded flower head form.
Botanical name: Tulipa.
Colours: Everything except blue and true black. Companies say they have bred ture blue and black but when you look at them they are not really true.
Availability: November to May is the main season but now available all year in limited colours and supplies.
Origin: Middle East, grown in extensively in Holland and the UK. (tulips from Amsterdam.)
Care Tips: Tulips continue to grow in water and will curve towards the light. Make allowances for this when putting them in a vase or wrap the stems tightly in newspaper and stand them in water directly beneath a light for a few hours. Tulips have a vase life of just over a week, and buy flowers in bud but with colour showing.
Tulips are the third-biggest selling flower in Holland and are also very popular in the UK where many are also grown.
In the Victorian language of flowers red tulips are a declaration of love, making them ideal gifts for Valentine's Day.
History fact from the Flower and Plant association: In the middle ages tulipmania saw bulbs change hands for the equivalent of £4million pounds a bulb!
Just think how much this field would have cost.
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