When do tulips bloom in Shanghai?

The flowering period of tulips generally begins in early April, and the Shanghai Tulip Festival is a popular attraction for photographers every year.

Tulip is a tulip in Liliaceae. 3 ~ 5 leaves, strip-lanceolate to egg-lanceolate, single flower, large and gorgeous, perianth red or mixed with white and yellow, sometimes white or yellow, 5 ~ 7 cm long and 2 ~ 4 cm wide, flowering in April ~ May.

Tulip is an important bulbous flower in spring, which is suitable for arranging flower beds and flower borders in strings. It can also be used as cut flowers and flower arrangements for indoor decoration, and can also be potted for winter viewing.

growing environment

1, temperature: Tulip is extremely cold-resistant, and can withstand the low temperature of -35℃ in winter dormancy, but it can also be cultivated in the open field in areas with the lowest temperature of 9℃ in winter. If the low temperature below 9℃ lasts for more than 16 weeks, it will break the dormancy of bulbs and make them grow and develop normally.

2. Illumination: Tulips are neutral plants in the daytime, and the requirements for the length of sunshine are not strict. Likes light and is slightly tolerant to semi-shade, but the light intensity is too low, which weakens photosynthesis and leads to poor growth.

3. Moisture: Tulips are neither resistant to drought nor water and humidity. Too wet soil has poor air permeability and is easy to grow gray mold. If it is too dry after planting, the flower buds will dry up in the early stage and form "blind flowers".

4. Soil: sandy loam with rich humus and good drainage and ventilation does not grow well on cohesive soil. The suitable pH value is 6.0 ~ 7.0.