Low level photo taken of the flower bed in Castle Park, Colchester, Essex

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The tulip is a Eurasian and North African genus of perennial, bulbous plants in the lily family.[1] It is an herbaceous herb with showy flowers, of which around 75 wild species are currently accepted.[2] The genus's native range extends west to the Iberian Peninsula, through North Africa to Greece, the Balkans, Turkey, throughout the Levant (Syria, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Jordan) and Iran, north to Ukraine, southern Siberia and Mongolia, and east to the Northwest of China.[1][2] The tulip's centre of diversity is in the Pamir, Hindu Kush, and Tien Shan mountains.[3] It is a common element of steppe and winter-rain Mediterranean vegetation. A number of species and many hybrid cultivars are grown in gardens or as potted plants.

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