🌹 Tulips originated in Central Asia, and became very popular in Turkey.
🌹 The tulip’s name comes from the Persian word for
turban , because in full bloom tulips have a turban-like shape.
🌹 Tulips commonly mean perfect love . The meaning of perfect love is tied to a Turkish and Persian legends about the love
between Farhad and Shirin.
🌹 There are a few variations of this tale. According to one story, Farhad was a prince. He was
in love with a beautiful girl named Shirin.
🌹 Unfortunately, Shirin is murdered, and this tears Farhad apart.
🌹 In
desperation, Farhad rides his horse of a cliff, and a red tulip grows where his blood touches the ground — the symbol
for perfect love 🥀 .