Flower of the Day - Tulips

Red & pink tulips for Sale!

Shopping at my local supermarket, I noticed these beautiful tulips for sale. 

No, they're definitely not roses!!

Although tulips are associated with the Netherlands, the tulip is not a Dutch flower. Both the flower and its name originated in the Persian Empire. Tulips, or "Laleh" as they're called in Persian are indigenous to Iran, Afghanistan and parts of Central Asia. Tulips were introduced to Europe in the 16th century and are now found across the world. 

The above information is from the New World Encyclopedia

Yellow Flower of the Day - Tulip

Flower of the Day -  Yellow Tulip

Message - Grace, sunshine, imagination

Yellow: a colour associated with sunny days, cheerfulness, energy, intellect, optimism, happiness, idealism, imagination, summer, philosophy and hope.

Yellow is the colour of flowers being reborn in Spring, crops ripening and the colour of newly hatched chicks.  It also is one of the Autumn colours of changing leaves.  In Asia yellow has imperial and sacred significance, being the colour of Buddhism.

These yellow tulips were bought from the local supermarket. They are photographed against a painted backdrop - one of my oil painted canvases with frangipani flowers.