Tulips as Get Well Gifts

Due to their association with spring and new life, tulips make wonderful get well flowers. Send a bouquet from FNP to your loved one with pink tulips to symbolize your affection and caring or send yellow tulips to bring cheerfulness to those recovering from illness. Orange tulips mean energy, enthusiasm, desire, and passion. Orange tulips can be a great pick-me-up and source of inspiration for those who ill.

Meaning of the Color of Tulips

Tulips are one of the most admired and beloved flowers the world around.
Tulips are symbolic of fame and perfect love. The symbolic meanings also change with the color of the tulips.
Red tulips mean "believe me" and are a “declaration of true love.”
Variegated tulips mean "you have beautiful eyes.”
Yellow tulips mean "there's sunshine in your smile" and “cheerful thoughts.”
Cream colored tulips mean "I will love you forever.”
White tulips symbolize “heaven, newness and purity.”
Purple tulips symbolize “royalty.”
Pink tulips mean “affection and caring.”
Orange tulips mean “energy, enthusiasm, desire, and passion.”

Important Facts about the Tulip Flower

Tulips come in dozens of varieties and colors. The bulbs originated in Asia before a biologist named Carolus Clusius introduced tulips to the Netherlands and the rest of the Western world in the 17th century. Tulips are both annuals and perennials.

O When you see a tulip that looks like it has stripes it is actually a virus that causes that. Not to worry, it’s grown that way on purpose.
O Tulips have a beautiful color and charming aroma; however tulips come in every color except blue and black.
O It’s been said that if you add a little sugar to the water of your vase your tulips will live longer.
O Tulips work well in tall, straight vases although can be arranged in a fan shape in a low, wide bowl.
O Tulips also conform to the shape of the container, straight up if in a tall container, twisting to fit into a flat or irregular shaped vase.
O An interesting fact about tulips is that they actually continue to grow after being cut, up to an inch or more, best to cut them under water.
O Do not place your tulips in direct sun, and keep them away from heating vents or drafts.
O Penny for your thought…. If you would like your tulips to stand straight up as an arrow, don’t forget to drop a penny in your vase!

Facts about Tulips

Tulips bloom on bulbous plants, with large, showy flowers with six petals. There are around 100 species of Tulips, which actually came from the Central Asia where they grew wild.
Facts about Tulips
•There are now over 3,000 different registered varieties of cultivated Tulips.
•Every year billions of Tulips are cultivated, a majority of which are grown and exported from Holland.
•Historically, Europe considered Tulips as the symbol of the Ottoman Empire.
•Tulips grow wild over a great territory from Asia Minor through Siberia to China.
•Tulips were first cultivated and hybridized by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire.
•Tulips symbolise imagination, dreaminess, perfect lover, and a declaration of love.
•Fresh out of onions? Use your Tulip bulbs instead! Tulip bulbs are a good replacement for onions in cooking.