Tulip colors. The color value of tulips

There is no person who does not know what istulips. Bright and tender, they appear in our markets with the arrival of spring. Two and a half thousand species of these flowers are now known. The rich palette of colors of their petals affects a variety of shades. Answering the question of 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 each is fraught with a certain value.

History of tulips

Persia is considered to be the birthplace of these beautiful heralds of spring, as well as arid and mountainous regions of Central Asia. There, in the spring, the inhospitable steppes and semi-deserts look like gorgeous scarlet carpets.

Of course, the colors of tulips found in the wild are not very diverse, they are mostly red. All the shades that are currently available have been deduced by painstaking selection by selection.

In ancient Persia, they were grown in the palaces of the sheikhs.The tulip festival, called Sairi Lola, has come to our days and is annually celebrated. These flowers came to Turkey from Persia in the 15th century. They called them "Lala". Later this word became a female name, which is still one of the most popular in the East.

Tulips came to Europe thanks to Austrianto Ambassador de Buybeck. He brought several bulbs to Vienna, where they were cultivated for some time in the Vienna Garden. Gradually, tulips reached France and Germany, and later Holland, where the real insanity began because of these beautiful flowers. There was a case when a beer for a tulip bulb was given in cost of 30 thousand florins. 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 importance of the color of tulips in a bouquet is very important for many.

Red

This color is the most common.Bright, eye-catching buds can decorate any flower garden. It is believed that the first tulips were exactly red. They appeared at that moment when Prince Farhat, madly in love with his bride Shirin, crashed against the rocks. Evil people lied to the prince that his Shirin was dead. The unfortunate 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 means ardent and passionate love.

There are a lot of varieties of red tulips.There are simple, there are terry, there are with fringed petals. In the Red Emperor variety, the flower opens its buds completely. And Garden Spot remains half open. The red color has many shades: from scarlet to dark red, almost burgundy. Most often in our beds you can find varieties Parade, Madame Curie, Boston. Recently, tulips Edda, Redwing and others, whose petals have the thinnest fringe, are 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 quivering feelings, about which you cannot speak out loud. Also, the pink color is youth and its belief that all barriers 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 mostIt is spread by Eipricot Beauty. The petals of its flowers are so delicate that they appear fragile. Very interesting tulips Angelica, their terry like peonies. New Bow and Bellflower are popular among the fringed.

Yellow

Some believe that on cooling the senses and onyellow tulips hint the inevitable separation. The song of Igor Nikolayev, which Natasha Koroleva sang, once again confirmed and involuntarily fixed this opinion, because the couple had broken up. But yellow tulips are flowers not only of sadness, but of sunlight, which warms up all living things with its warmth. A bouquet of yellow tulips will bring comfort and joy to a bright day in your house, as if several sunbeams have settled in your room. And yellow is the harbinger of happiness.

Giving a sunny bouquet to your loved ones, we are on the tongueflowers wish them well-being and prosperity. 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 one little boy, who ran to the flower with a sincere childish smile, the flower opened its petals. The most favorite varieties are Golden Apeldorn, peony of Mon Amour, tulips with fringe Laverok and Hamilton.

Whites

Each color of tulip has many shades.And only 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 words make it difficult - or pride interferes, or false shame. Do not despair. A bouquet of pristine and delicate white tulips will make it instead of you, make the one you give flowers smile. And then there are words. The most famous varieties are Angel Wies with a large bud, peony-shaped Cardinal Mingenti, fringed Honey Moon.

Black

Black color has different meanings.Many associate it with sorrow, loss. On the other hand, it is the color of rigor and commitment in business. In the 60s of the last century, the film “Black Tulip” was released with the brilliant Alain Delon in the lead role. He was in the form of the French Robin Hood, and the black tulip was his sign and symbol of the revolutionary struggle.

The dark colors of tulips, and in particular black,were commissioned by the Negro representatives of Haarlem and had to emphasize the beauty of the black Dutch. However, the significance of such colors is associated not with beauty and not with the struggle for freedom, but with unrequited love. Having presented such a bouquet, you in the language of flowers hint at your feelings without due reciprocity.

Sometimes black tulips are given when they wantshow that feelings are so strong that death is not terrible. True, some associate these flowers with material benefits and prosperity in business. Therefore, such a gift does not always mean feelings. Perhaps the one who gives it simply wishes you success and wealth. The Black Prince variety is the most sought after in our markets.

Blue and blue

Какого цвета тюльпаны никогда не встречаются в nature? The answer is unequivocal: blue and blue shades, because in the chromosomes of these colors there is no so-called “blue” delphinidin gene. But blue and blue tulips still exist, although they are very rare. They brought their enterprising Dutch. However, in order to grow an unusual tulip from a finished bulb, you need to try.

Such tulips in the bouquet - this desire to hitthe one who gives flowers. The giver as if speaks of such a power of his feelings that he will be able to get the impossible. Also, blue is the harbinger of great luck and success. There is a legend that blue tulips bloom high in the mountains for only a few days, and those who find them will be successful in life.

Motley

It is impossible to list all the colors of tulips and allcombinations of shades that are simultaneously on the petals of these flowers. Red with yellow, white with pink, red with white fringe and thousands more turn tulips into unusually bright and colorful flowers. It is believed that the person giving such a bouquet intends to emphasize the beauty of the eyes of the one to whom the bouquet is intended. If you don’t think about your eyes, motley tulips, which fascinate you with their fantastic beauty with strokes and dots on petals, unusually lift your spirits, give you smiles and bring many pleasant moments into relationships.