When does Baoquan tulip blossom?

Tulips in Baoquan usually bloom in April-May, but the flowering time will be different in different regions.

Perennial herb, 15 ~ 60 cm high, with fleshy layered bulbs under the ground, oblate and conical, with 2 ~ 5 fleshy scales inside and yellowish to brown epidermis outside. The stems and leaves are smooth and covered with white powder. 3 ~ 5 leaves, banded-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, undulate all around, 2 ~ 3 leaves at the base are larger and broadly ovate, and the rest are born on stems, long lanceolate and smaller.

Flowers solitary, large, erect, cup-shaped, with 6 perianth segments, free, open during the day and closed in the evening or rainy days. There are white, yellow, orange, red, purple and compound colors, and there are double petals, which are 5 ~ 7 cm long and 2 ~ 4 cm wide. The natural flowering period is April-May. Stamens 6, equal in length, filaments glabrous.

Explanation of tulip habit:

Tulips are native to high mountains. They like wet and cold in winter and dry and hot in summer. Dormancy in summer and rooting and sprouting in winter. But the buds are not unearthed and grow into branches and leaves after winter. The flowering period is in March/April every year, and the suitable temperature is 15~20℃. Tulips like light and shelter from the wind. Strong cold tolerance, can tolerate the low temperature of-14℃, and can overwinter under the cover of Hou Xue in winter. But afraid of heat.

The soil is required to be loose, fertile and acidic sandy soil. Tulip is an important bulb flower in spring, which is suitable for arranging flower beds and flower borders in clusters, decorating rooms with cut flowers and flower arrangements, and potted in winter. Tulip is bitter and dry as a medicine. Flowers can eliminate evil spirits in the heart; Roots can calm down.