The language of flowers

Today we will talk about Tulips
Wild tulips are native to Persia & Turkey
In Persia to give a red Tulip was to declare your love.
1593 a botanist named Carlos Clusius arrived in Holland with his collections of bulbs from Turkey & Persia_the Tulip. THe word tulip is coming from the Turkish word for turban (tuelbent),so called because of the shape of its bloom.I Holland the tulip was a sensation and become very popular.
To give a yellow tulip is to declare your love hopelessly and utterly.