What color are tulips? What do tulips look like?

1. What color

The common color of tulips is magenta, but there are many varieties of tulips. In addition to this color, there are also white, pink, yellow, purple, blue, etc., and different colors have different shades. Some are bi-color or bordered, which looks very beautiful, especially when different colors are planted in patches.

2. What does it look like?

1. Rhizome: Tulip is a bulbous plant. Its bulb is an underground modified stem, that is, a bulb. It is conical in shape and generally has a diameter of 2-3 cm. The outside of the bulb has light yellow or tan skin and 2-5 fleshy scales inside. The above-ground stems are very smooth and have white powder on them.

2. Leaves: Tulips have 3-5 leaves, which are lanceolate in shape, have wavy edges, and have some hairs. It has 2-3 leaves growing from the base and looks relatively broad.

3. Flowers and fruits: Tulip flowers grow at the top of the stem, are cup-shaped, and look relatively large. Its flowers are rich in color, with purple spots at the base, and it has 6 petals, which are mostly oblong in shape. Its flowers bloom from March to May, and the fruit is a capsule. When ripe, the back will crack and there will be flat seeds inside.

3. Growth distribution

Tulips are native to the coastal areas of the Mediterranean and are also found in Central Asia, Turkey and other places. The local climate is quite changeable, so the plants are accustomed to the dry and hot summer and wet and cold winter environment. It usually hibernates in the summer and takes root in the autumn and winter, but new shoots do not emerge from the soil. It will not grow stems and leaves again until spring, and then it will bloom.